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Heterogeneidad en el sector informal urbano de Colombia

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“Hay trabajos buenos y hay trabajos malos. Los primeros tienen sueldos buenos, beneficios no monetarios adicionales y condiciones de trabajo estables. Los segundos no los tienen. En los países en vías de desarrollo, tales trabajos malos pueden llegar a ocupar más del 30 por ciento de la fuerza laboral urbana. Esta observación sencilla es la semilla de una literatura inmensa y creciente, la cual divide el empleo urbano en una aguda dicotomía: por un lado, 'l sector "informal", "tradicional", o "secundario". Por el otro, el sector "formal", "moderno", o "primario". Sin embargo, varios estudios muestran que los trabajos y los trabajadores del llamado sector informal urbano no son homogéneos. Este trabajo pretende desarrollar, de manera conceptual y empírica, la idea del sector informal heterogéneo. Después de hacer la división inicial entre los sectores formal e informal, se hace una discusión más profunda de la heterogeneidad del sector informal, enfocándola en dos conceptos: las barreras a la entrada a los trabajos informales y el ciclo de vida del trabajador informal. Esta discusión se usa para adelantar una tipología de tres segmentos del sector informal urbano: 1. El segmento dinámico, compuesto por los trabajadores informales de mayores ingresos y mayor potencial empresarial; 2. El segmento intermedio, compuesto por trabajadores que utilizan el sector informal urbano como herramienta temporal para acumular capital humano y conseguir empleo formal; y 3. El segmento marginal, que incluye trabajadores de bajos ingresos con poca esperanza de conseguir mejor trabajo. El trabajo concluye sugiriendo unas políticas laborales.”

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  • Patrick J. McEwan, 1995. "Heterogeneidad en el sector informal urbano de Colombia," Coyuntura Social 13220, Fedesarrollo.
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    Keywords

    Situación SocialDesarrollo SocialSector InformalEmpleo;

    JEL classification:

    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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