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Ver términos de la licenciaGuillermo Peón, Sylvia Beatriz, et al. (2025). The effects of labor conditions inheritance, wage differential incentives, and individual characteristics on the probability of being an informal worker in Mexico. Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía; Vol. 56 Núm. 220, 2025; 3-35. Recuperado de https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/4160985
Autor(es)
Guillermo Peón, Sylvia Beatriz; Estrada Quiroz, Liliana
Tipo
Artículo de Investigación
Área del conocimiento
Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Título
The effects of labor conditions inheritance, wage differential incentives, and individual characteristics on the probability of being an informal worker in Mexico
Fecha
2025-01-06
Resumen
This research aims to estimate and analyze the influence of intergenerational transmission of informality, formal-informal wage differentials, and individual characteristics such as educational attainment, occupational category, sex, and age on the probability of being an informal worker. Using microdata from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) survey, we estimate a heteroskedastic Probit model with complex survey data. The estimation results show evidence that human capital and the intergenerational transmission of informality in labor conditions are the main factors affecting the probability of being an informal worker. Given the inefficiencies in labor regulation and social security provision, only when the wage-income difference is positive and large enough (benefits of formality outweigh the costs) does the change in the probability of being informal become negative.
Tema
Probability of being an informal worker; informal labor condition; Probit model; inheritance on labor conditions; wage differentials
Idioma
eng
ISSN
ISSN impreso: 0301-7036; ISSN electrónico: 2007-8951
