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Análisis de los Determinantes y Costos de la Informalidad en las Pequeñas Empresas: Un Estudio Empírico para el Perú. || Analysis of Determinants and Costs of Informality in Small Businesses: An Empirical Study for Peru

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  • Silupu Garcés, Brenda Liz

    (Directora del Centro de Asesoría Microempresarial. Universidad de Piura (Perú))

  • Reyes Landa, Sergio David

    (Área de Finanzas. Universidad de Piura (Perú))

Abstract

La informalidad en la pequeña empresa es un fenómeno ampliamente extendido en los países de Latinoamérica. En el Perú representa el 50% de las unidades empresariales, situación que supone conocer cuáles son los determinantes de esta realidad para contribuir al diseño de políticas públicas. Es así que la presente investigación estudia las variables relacionadas con el desempeño productivo y la calidad de vida del hogar del dueño de la empresa como elementos altamente vinculados a la informalidad. Además, se evalúa si la decisión del empresario sobre la informalidad responde a una maximización de beneficios o, por el contrario, se debe a una exclusión debido a que la legislación actual es ajena a la real naturaleza de la unidad de negocio. Las conclusiones permiten observar que las características del hogar facilitan la formalidad y que el marco normativo tributario existente excluye a las pequeñas empresas, que experimentan menores niveles de ganancia en comparación con empresas formales de características similares. || Informality in small businesses is a widespread phenomenon in Latin American countries. In Peru it represents 50% of the business units, a situation that implies the knowledge of the determinants of this reality to contribute to the design of public policies. Thus, the present work studies the variables related to the productive performance and the life quality of the company owner’s home as elements highly related to informality. In addition, it is evaluated whether the employer’s decision about informality responds to a maximization of profits or, on the contrary, it is due to exclusion because the current legislation is apart from the real nature of the business unit. The conclusions allow observing that the characteristics of the home facilitate the formality and that the existing tax regulatory framework excludes small companies, which experience lower levels of profit compared to formal companies with similar characteristics.

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  • Silupu Garcés, Brenda Liz & Reyes Landa, Sergio David, 2019. "Análisis de los Determinantes y Costos de la Informalidad en las Pequeñas Empresas: Un Estudio Empírico para el Perú. || Analysis of Determinants and Costs of Informality in Small Businesses: An Empir," Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa = Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, vol. 27(1), pages 156-165, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:pab:rmcpee:v:27:y:2019:i:1:p:156-165
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    Keywords

    exclusión; impuestos; beneficios; probabilidad; exclusión; taxes; profits; probability.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance

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