Labor informality is a pervasive characteristic of the labor markets in Latin America, and a central issue in the … public policy debate. This paper discusses the concept of labor informality and implements alternative definitions using … labor informality, defined as lack of social protection related to employment, remained with few changes in the 1990s, there …

This paper evaluates the effects of a fall in payroll taxes on employment and wages in the presence of high labor … informality. For that purpose, the paper examines a recently approved tax reform in Colombia especially targeted to promote labor …

Labor informality is a pervasive characteristic of the labor markets in Latin America, and a central issue in the … public policy debate. This paper discusses the concept of labor informality and implements alternative definitions using … labor informality, defined as lack of social protection related to employment, remained with few changes in the 1990s, there …

This paper evaluates the effects of a fall in payroll taxes on employment and wages in the presence of high labor … informality. For that purpose, the paper examines a recently approved tax reform in Colombia especially targeted to promote labor …

This paper compares the main conceptual and empirical approaches to labor informality in Colombia. These approaches … comparing seven methodological approaches to labor informality, disagreement is found regarding the magnitude of informality …