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Los trabajadores colombianos carecen de derechos sociales

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  • César Giraldo

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El trabajo informal en Colombia es muy alto para los estándares de la región. Se trata de tra-bajadores cuya inserción económica no está atada a la seguridad social. Ahora, el gobierno pretende poner a tributar a esos sectores con la creación del monotributo, pero es difícil exigirle impuestos a una población que carece de derechos sociales: la tributación es un contrato social. La inseguridad económica y social ha obligado a las familias a volverse unidades económicas y asumir la protección social, sin embargo, ello tiene efectos sobre la configuración del mundo social que están por estudiarse. ****** Informal work in Colombia is very high compared to the standards of the region. These are workers whose economic insertion is not tied to social security. Now the government intends to tax these sectors by creating the "monotributo" (single tax), though it is difficult to impose taxes on a population that lacks social rights: taxation is a social contract. Economic and social inse-curity has forced families to become economic units and to assume social protection. This off course has effects on the configuration of society, and thus should be studied.

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  • César Giraldo, 2017. "Los trabajadores colombianos carecen de derechos sociales," Documentos de Trabajo, Escuela de Economía 15529, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000178:015529
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    Keywords

    Trabajo precario; informalidad; monotributo; clientelismo; derechos sociales; economía popular;
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    JEL classification:

    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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