Labor informality and monetary and multidimensional poverty in Bogota and the Metropolitan Area

Authors

Roberto Mauricio Sánchez Torres, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Lizeth Dayana Manzano Murillo, Universidad de La Salle, Bogota
Laura Antonia Maturana Cifuentes, Universidad de La Salle, Bogota

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2022.208.69754

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Publication Title

Problemas del Desarrollo

Abstract

Labor informality, associated with low income, increases a household s likelihood of being poor and experiencing precarious living conditions. The aim of this article is to study the relationship between labor informality and both monetary and multidimensional poverty in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, and its Metropolitan Area (MA). Based on the Multipurpose Survey, the article estimates levels of labor informality and pay gaps, as well as indicators of monetary and multidimensional poverty. This article also simulated various scenarios to identify the levels of poverty reduction as a result of a potential formalization and closing of gaps by segmentation, highlighting the heterogeneities between areas of Bogota and its Metropolitan Area (MA).

Volume

53

Issue

208

First Page

31

Last Page

63

ISSN

03017036

Recommended Citation

Torres, Roberto Mauricio Sánchez; Murillo, Lizeth Dayana Manzano; and Cifuentes, Laura Antonia Maturana, "Labor informality and monetary and multidimensional poverty in Bogota and the Metropolitan Area" (2022). Scopus Unisalle. 797.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/797

Identifier

85123780951 (Scopus)