2017
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3310
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Rationing of Formal Sector Jobs and Informality: The Colombian Case

Abstract: We analyse the factors that affect the decision to find employment in the formal or informal sectors taking into account the fact that there is a rationing of formal sector jobs and hence a job queue to enter that sector. Using data from Colombia, we confirm that formal job rationing does exist and that it affects around 62 per cent of the workers that find themselves in the informal labour market. Further factors determining actively seeking formal employment include personal traits, the characteristics of hu… Show more

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“…The workers in that case will choose the highestpaying job from these options. There may be a limited number of high-paying jobs, and workers can go for the next best-paying job, in the sense of workers queuing for better-paying jobs (García & Badillo, 2018). The distribution of workers choosing their optimal segment where they maximize wage earnings is given as follows:…”
Section: Voluntary Choice or Entry Barrier Restriction?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The workers in that case will choose the highestpaying job from these options. There may be a limited number of high-paying jobs, and workers can go for the next best-paying job, in the sense of workers queuing for better-paying jobs (García & Badillo, 2018). The distribution of workers choosing their optimal segment where they maximize wage earnings is given as follows:…”
Section: Voluntary Choice or Entry Barrier Restriction?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En términos de las variables explicativas, se observa que el coeficiente asociado al porcentaje de mujeres es positivo y altamente significativo, indicando que un incremento en la proporción de mujeres de 10% genera un incremento en los niveles de informalidad de 7,5%. Esto es consistente con la evidencia encontrada en otros estudios donde las mujeres son más propensas a ubicarse en la informalidad debido posiblemente a procesos de discriminación laboral (Uribe y Ortiz, 2006;García, 2017;García y Badillo, 2017), por lo que aquellas regiones con mayor proporción de mujeres presentan mayores niveles de informalidad.…”
Section: Análisis De Regresión Espacialunclassified
“…Asimismo, los mecanismos y características del mercado formal e informal son diferentes una vez que las decisiones en materia de trabajo se consideran determinantes por factores de la oferta como la demanda. Por tanto, a pesar de las decisiones de los individuos de trabajar o no en un determinado puesto laboral, existen restricciones por el lado de la demanda del mercado laboral, como escasez de empleos de buena calidad (García & Badillo, 2018). En ese caso, el sector formal está avalado por contratos formales para realizar funciones a cambio de una remuneración presente y futura, y prestaciones de seguridad social, lo cual son elementos esenciales para el bienestar socioeconómico y la reducción de las desigualdades (Ehrenberg & Smith, 2017;Rodríguez-Pérez, Ramos-Lobo, & Castro-Lugo, 2017;Silva & Kassouf, 2000).…”
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