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Informalidad y movilidad en el mercado laboral: una aproximación de pseudo-panel

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  • Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo

    (Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia and IZA, Bonn, Germany.)

  • A. Urrego, Joaquin

    (The World Bank, Washington DC, USA.)

  • Saavedra, Fabiola

    (Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia)

Abstract

Una de las principales limitaciones del análisis del mercado laboral en los países en desarrollo es la falta de información apropiada de datos de panel. Este documento extiende la metodología de Dang et al., (2014) para examinar la movilidad en el mercado laboral entre los sectores formal e informal en Bolivia y Colombia, construyendo un pseudo-panel consistente a partir de datos de encuestas de corte transversal repetidas. Después de poner a prueba la robustez de la metodología, identificamos los intervalos de confianza de los grupos de movilidad en Bolivia y Colombia (formal a formal, informal a informal, formal a informal e informal a formal). Los resultados proveen evidencia de que en Colombia y Bolivia la movilidad entre los sectores laborales es relativamente baja, lo cual explica la baja variabilidad de la tasa de informalidad en estos países. Los resultados sugieren que el número de personas que se mueven al sector informal tiende a ser más grande que la cantidad de trabajadores que escapan del mercado informal hacia el formal, o por lo menos existe más variabilidad entre años para los primeros. Esto implica que las políticas públicas enfocadas en el mercado laboral en América Latina no llevarían a mejoras significativas si los patrones de movilidad no cambian.

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  • Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo & A. Urrego, Joaquin & Saavedra, Fabiola, 2017. "Informalidad y movilidad en el mercado laboral: una aproximación de pseudo-panel," Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Economico, Carrera de Economía de la Universidad Católica Boliviana (UCB) "San Pablo", issue 27, pages 57-76, May.
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    Keywords

    Movilidad; informalidad; pseudo-panel; trabajo; Bolivia; Colombia.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market

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