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Apuntes del Cenes

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PARDO CARILLO, Otto Smith  and  SANCHEZ MUNOZ, María del Pilar. Analysis of Labor Informality in Villavicencio, Colombia (2015-2018). Apuntes del Cenes [online]. 2020, vol.39, n.69, pp.219-240. ISSN 0120-3053.  https://doi.org/10.19053/01203053.v39.n69.2020.9649.

In this article the socioeconomic profile of the employed population in the informal sector of the municipality of Villavicencio (Colombia) is determined, and for this, the data obtained from the Great Integrated Household Survey GEIH (2015-2018) are used and a probit model is applied. It is concluded that being a woman, having a low level of education, earning low income, being single, working more hours per week, not having a work contract, not having a retiree plan, belonging to the subsidized health regime, increase the probability of being in the informal labor market.

Keywords : labor economics; informality quality of employment; probit model.

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