Formal salaried employment generation and transition to formality in developing countries: the case of Latin America

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Roxana Maurizio and Gustavo Vásquez

Employment working paper, no. 251, ILO

2019

Abstract

informal economy

employment creation

Latin America

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Title: Formal salaried employment generation and transition to formality in developing countries; the case of Latin America
Creators: Roxana Maurizio
Gustavo Vásquez
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Policy Department.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2019
Series: Employment working paper; no. 251
Number of pages: viii, 54 p.
ISSN: 1999-2947.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995219204302676
Table of contents: 1. Source of information -- 2. Approach and methodology -- 3. An overview of the evolution of labour informality in Latin American countries during the 2000s -- 4. Decomposition of changes in the formality rate -- 5. Occupational mobility and inflows to formality -- 6. The anatomy of labour formalization -- 7. Transitions towards a formal job by income decile of origin and destination -- 8. Drivers of labour formalization -- 9. Final remarks.