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Informalidad, empleo y productividad

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  • Jose Rodriguez

    (Departamento de Economía - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

  • Minoru Higa

    (Departamento de Economía - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

Abstract

Informality not only represents a very significant proportion of the workforce. Informal production units are also widespread as 90% of entrepreneurs of the production units identified with the household surveys are not registered. They absorb a significant proportion of the workforce but only represent less than one tenth of the national value added. The differences in average labor productivity between the formal and the informal sector are very large and, what is more worrying is that the revenue they generate is not much more than the equivalent of a minimum wage. In these circumstances it is highly unlikely that a reduction in direct costs to formalize will be sufficient to induce them to join the formal economy. Moreover the new law leaves out MSEs the vast majority of these production units.

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  • Jose Rodriguez & Minoru Higa, 2010. "Informalidad, empleo y productividad," Documentos de Trabajo / Working Papers 2010-282, Departamento de Economía - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
    • Handle: RePEc:pcp:pucwps:wp00282
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    Cited by:

    1. Jean-Marc Montaud & Nicolas Pecastaing, 2013. "A macroeconomic assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Peru: A CGE analysis," Working Papers hal-01880341, HAL.
    2. Jean-Marc Montaud & Nicolas Pecastaing, 2013. "A macroeconomic assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Peru: A CGE analysis," Working Papers hal-01880341, HAL.
    3. Montaud, Jean-Marc & Pécastaing, Nicolas, 2015. "Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a funding opportunity for development: A macroeconomic CGE analysis of the Peruvian experience," Economics Discussion Papers 2015-6, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    4. Nikita Céspedes Reynaga, 2020. "Crecer no es suficiente para reducir la informalidad," Capítulos de libros, in: Nikita Céspedes Reynaga & Norman V. Loayza & Nelson R. Ramírez Rondán (ed.), Crecimiento económico en el Perú: causas y consecuencias, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 6, pages 174-203, Universidad de San Martín de Porres.
    5. Céspedes, Nikita & Sánchez, Alan, 2013. "Minimum Wage and Job Mobility," Working Papers 2013-012, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú.
    6. José Rodríguez, 2011. "Brechas de ingresos laborales entre asalariados y autoempleados en el Perú," Documentos de Trabajo / Working Papers 2011-318, Departamento de Economía - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
    7. Mariana Viollaz, 2016. "Are Labor Inspections Protecting Workers’ Rights? Adding the Evidence from Size-based Labor Regulations and Fines in Peru," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0205, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
    8. Mario Tello, 2011. "Indicadores Del Sector Mype Informal En El Perú: Valor Agregado, Potencial Exportador, Capacidad De Formalizarse Y Requerimientos De Normas Técnicas Peruanas De Sus Productos," Documentos de Trabajo / Working Papers 2011-310, Departamento de Economía - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
    9. Peter Paz & Carlos Urrutia, 2015. "Economic Growth and Wage Stagnation in Peru: 1998–2012," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 19(2), pages 328-345, May.

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    Keywords

    informalidad; economia informal; empleo informal; empleo;
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    JEL classification:

    • J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General

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