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El sector informal: Quince años después

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  • Tokman, Víctor E.

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Han trascurrido quince años desde que por primera vez se habló acerca del sector informal en el ya clásico estudio de Kenia de la OIT publicado en 1972. Hoy día este concepto está todavía muy vigente. En innumerables estudios se han analizado diferentes aspectos del sector informal y éste se ha hecho incluso popular entre funcionarios gubernamentales e instituciones encargadas de elaborar y aplicar políticas. El objetivo de este trabajo es investigar por qué dicho sector es todavía tan popular, así como por qué se ha convertido en sujeto de las políticas públicas e incluso, en algunos casos, en materia de preocupación prioritaria. El presente documento se dividirá en dos partes. La primera se centrara en los avances que han hecho los círculos académicos; en particular se identificarán algunas de las esferas en que han ocurrido estos avances. En la segunda se analizará el ámbito de los gobiernos, particularmente los de la América Latina, y se intentará dilucidar las razones por las que el sector informal ha llegado a ser un punto inevitables en la agenda...

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  • Tokman, Víctor E., 1987. "El sector informal: Quince años después," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 54(215), pages 513-536, julio-sep.
    • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:54:y:1987:i:215:p:513-536
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    1. Rodríguez Núñez, Juan Bautista, 2022. "Pobreza e informalidad, ¿un dilema de causalidad reversa en la República Dominicana? [Poverty and informality, a reverse causality dilemma in the Dominican Republic?]," MPRA Paper 115642, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 10 Jul 2022.
    2. Weller, Jürgen, 2014. "Aspects of recent developments in the Latin American and Caribbean labour markets," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), December.
    3. Rodríguez Núñez, Juan Bautista & Guerra Salazar, Isaac Enmanuel & Ogando Montero, Freddy Manuel, 2017. "Determinantes sociales y económicos del empleo informal en la República Dominicana en el año 2016 [Social and Economic Determinants of Informal Employment in the Dominican Republic in 2016]," MPRA Paper 119204, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 24 Sep 2017.
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    5. Rodríguez Núñez, Juan Bautista, 2021. "Causalidad Reversa entre Pobreza Monetaria e Informalidad Laboral, evidencia empírica para la República Dominicana año 2010 y 2016 [Reverse Causality between Monetary Poverty and Labor Informality,," MPRA Paper 119159, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Joseph RAMOS & Kirsten SEHNBRUCH & Jürgen WELLER, 2015. "Quality of employment in Latin America: Theory and evidence," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 154(2), pages 171-194, June.
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    9. Jiro Nemoto & Hong Zuo, 2017. "Is Informal Employment a Result of Market Segmentation? Evidence from China," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 50(3), pages 309-326, July.
    10. Trejos S., Juan Diego., 2004. "Decent work and the informal economy in Central America," ILO Working Papers 993667083402676, International Labour Organization.
    11. Burbano Vallejo, Edy Lorena & Castro Aristizabal, Geovanny & Castillo Caicedo, Maribel, 2021. "What determines own-account work in Colombia? Some empirical evidence for the years 2010 and 2013 || ¿Qué determina el trabajo por cuenta propia en Colombia? Una evidencia empírica para los años 2010 ," 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. 32(1), pages 274-299, December.

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