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La informalidad laboral en América Latina: ¿explicación estructuralista o institucionalista?

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En este texto se analiza el comportamiento de la informalidad laboral para ungrupo de países latinoamericanos, de acuerdo a un enfoque teórico mixto en el quese tienen en cuenta explicaciones estructuralistas e institucionalistas, con la intenciónde determinar, mediante un ejercicio econométrico, cuál explicación tienemayor relevancia. A partir de información socioeconómica tomada de organismosmultilaterales, los resultados del ejercicio econométrico destacan la viabilidad demodelar el comportamiento de la informalidad laboral con estructuras econométricasque tengan en cuenta variables de corte estructuralista e institucionalista.

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  • Diana Marcela Jiménez, 2012. "La informalidad laboral en América Latina: ¿explicación estructuralista o institucionalista?," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, December.
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    informalidad laboral; estructuralismo; institucionalismo; seriesde tiempo de sección cruzada.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General

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