A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE FLOWS OF ENTRY TO THE FORMALITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Abstract
After the increase in informality observed during the nineties, since the beginning of the following decade a process of labour formalization has been verified in several Latin American countries, although its magnitude differs among them. This paper analyses, from a dynamic and comparative perspective, the evolution of labour formality in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, during the 2000s. In particular, it evaluates the intensity and characteristics of this process, the inflows to a formal job and the main drivers of this positive labour behaviour.
Key words: informality, Latin America, labour formalization.
JEL Classification: N36
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