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| dc.title | Subsidizing Informality?: Non-contributory Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.contributor.author | Izquierdo, Alejandro |
| dc.contributor.author | Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro |
| dc.contributor.author | Alaimo, Veronica |
| dc.contributor.author | Dborkin, Daniela |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Labor Markets Division |
| dc.coverage | Colombia |
| dc.coverage | Costa Rica |
| dc.coverage | Argentina |
| dc.coverage | Bolivia |
| dc.coverage | Brazil |
| dc.coverage | Chile |
| dc.coverage | Ecuador |
| dc.coverage | El Salvador |
| dc.coverage | Jamaica |
| dc.coverage | Mexico |
| dc.coverage | Guatemala |
| dc.coverage | Honduras |
| dc.coverage | Nicaragua |
| dc.coverage | Uruguay |
| dc.coverage | Paraguay |
| dc.coverage | Peru |
| dc.coverage | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-26T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2018-09-28T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents new data documenting the level and evolution of public spending on non-contributory programs for 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Salaried formal workers contribute to social security and in return have access to an array of benefits -mainly old-age pensions and health services. In recent decades, informal workers – salaried and non-salaried- have gained access to similar benefits, financed through general revenues. Our calculations indicate that, on average, the region spends 1.7% of GDP in these programs. Although they were created in response to social demands, by targeting informal workers these programs may create a behavioral response -i.e. more informality. This paper does not attempt to measure behavioral effects. Its main contribution is to be the first to document this “subsidy to informality” following a common methodology across countries and years in the region. |
| dc.format.extent | 30 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001373 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Subsidizing-Informality-Non-contributory-Public-Spending-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Working Condition |
| dc.subject | Informal Labor |
| dc.subject | Public Expenditure |
| dc.subject.jelcode | H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs |
| dc.subject.jelcode | H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J38 - Public Policy |
| dc.subject.keywords | Informality;Government Expenditure;Welfare programs;labor policy |
| dc.type | Technical Notes |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Technical Notes |
| idb.operation | RG-T2782 |