Inequality and informality revisited: The Latin American case

IF 2.8 4区管理学 Q1 ECONOMICS

International Labour Review Pub Date : 2022-11-17 DOI:10.1111/ilr.12379

Verónica AMARANTE, Rodrigo ARIM

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Abstract

Despite the striking presence in many developing economies of the two distinctive features of high levels of income inequality and significant informal employment, the literature addressing the relationship between these features is scarce, especially for Latin America. In this paper, we highlight the ambiguous relationship between inequality and informality by identifying the various factors that may affect it. We then empirically test this relationship using panel data pertaining to Latin America between 1990–2018. In these context-specific conditions, our findings reveal a positive association between formalization in the labour market and labour income equality.

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重新审视不平等和非正式：拉丁美洲案例

尽管在许多发展中经济体中，收入不平等程度高和非正规就业率高这两个显著特征引人注目，但关于这些特征之间关系的文献却很少，尤其是在拉丁美洲。在本文中，我们通过识别可能影响不平等和非正规性的各种因素，强调了不平等和非正式性之间的模糊关系。然后，我们使用1990年至2018年间拉丁美洲的面板数据对这种关系进行了实证检验。在这些具体情况下，我们的研究结果揭示了劳动力市场正规化与劳动力收入平等之间的积极联系。

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4.30

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20.00%

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