Living with Duality: Fiscal Policy and Informality in Latin America [E-Book] / Juan Ramón de Laiglesia
Although hard to measure, informality is by all accounts high in Latin America: about half of the region’s working population can be considered informal. In Mexico, the only Latin American country that belongs to the OECD, up to 60 per cent of non-agricultural workers – almost 22 million people – ar...
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Personal Name(s): | de Laiglesia, Juan Ramón. |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2008
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2 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/228275726751 |
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights ;
81 |
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Development |
Although hard to measure, informality is by all accounts high in Latin America: about half of the region’s working population can be considered informal. In Mexico, the only Latin American country that belongs to the OECD, up to 60 per cent of non-agricultural workers – almost 22 million people – are employed informally or self-employed. These working people have opted out or have been shut out of the formal system of taxes and social protection. In that sense, they bear witness to a broken social contract between citizens and the state. |