Living with Duality: Fiscal Policy and Informality in Latin America
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2008
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| Series: | OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 2 p. 21 x 29.7cm |