Effects of Colombia’s social protection system on workers’ choice between formal and informal employment (English)

The authors examine whether the Colombian government’s expansion of social programs in the early 1990s, particularly the publicly provided health insurance, discouraged formal employment. Using household survey data and variation across municipalities in the onset of interviews for the SISBEN, the instrument used to identify beneficiaries for public health insurance, the authors find robust and consistent estimates of an increase in informal employment...

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Camacho,Adriana;

Conover, Emily;

Hoyos Guerrero,Alejandro;
Document Date
2013/09/05
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
112412
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Colombia,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2017/03/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Effects of Colombia’s social protection system on workers’ choice between formal and informal employment
Keywords
informal employment

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Camacho,Adriana; Conover, Emily; Hoyos Guerrero,Alejandro.

Effects of Colombia’s social protection system on workers’ choice between formal and informal employment (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780541488364060734

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