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Contribución de la informalidad a la reducción de la pobreza: un ejercicio de descomposición para las ciudades colombianas

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  • Jorge Orozco

    (Fundación Universidad del Norte)

  • Andrés Vargas

    (Fundación Universidad del Norte)

  • Juan Perilla

    (Fundación Universidad del Norte)

  • Carla Gómez

    (Fundación Universidad del Norte)

Abstract

La investigación se enfoca en un análisis exhaustivo de la contribución de las distintas fuentes de ingreso de los hogares colombianos en la determinación de la pobreza. Usando técnicas de descomposición y simulación de escenarios contrafactuales que están bien establecidos en la literatura, los resultados de nuestra investigación sugieren que en el caso de la economía colombiana la informalidad se ha convertido en una vía de escape a fenómenos como la incidencia, intensidad y severidad de la pobreza monetaria. Específicamente, a pesar de que los ingresos del trabajo formal son los que en mayor proporción contribuyen a explicar los aumentos y reducciones en la tasa de pobreza, los ingresos del trabajo informal juegan un papel fundamental para modular o suavizar la incidencia/intensidad/severidad de la pobreza monetaria. Particularmente en períodos de recesión en la actividad económica.

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  • Jorge Orozco & Andrés Vargas & Juan Perilla & Carla Gómez, 2023. "Contribución de la informalidad a la reducción de la pobreza: un ejercicio de descomposición para las ciudades colombianas," Documentos Departamento de Economía 55, Universidad del Norte.
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    Descomposición; Informalidad; Pobreza; Barranquilla; Ingresos.;
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