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Informality and poverty in Ecuador

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This paper uses national representative data from the Ecuadorian Family Expenditure survey to study the determinants of poverty and informality in the country, taking into account the two-way relationship between these two phenomena. The main contribution of this paper is to present new empirical evidence on this relationship for a developing country where more than 60% of workers are in the informal sector. The results support the view of a heterogeneous informal market, in which informal work is both a demand-led phenomenon and a voluntary and primarily supply-led form of employment.

Source: Small Business Economics

DOI: 10.1007/s11187-018-0102-9

Author: Carla Canelas

Institutions: American University of Paris, Sorbonne Université, Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne

Language: English

Topic: Education and Labor Relations

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,090