Microunidades, ejército industrial de reserva y producción mercantil simple

Carlos Salas, Luis Quintana Romero and Alberto Villagra
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Carlos Salas: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Alberto Villagra: Universidad LaSalle

El Trimestre Económico, 2024, vol. 91 (4), issue 364, 877-894

Abstract: This paper discusses a reinterpretation of the role played by micro-units (i.e., the set of own-account workers, unpaid family workers, and wage workers in units of less than five workers) in contemporary capitalism, through the combined use of the notions of the reserve army of labor and the petty commodity production. Statistics from Mexico show that there are flows between this sector, medium and large units, unemployment, and inactivity so that their intersection with the reserve army of labor is verified.

Keywords: Micro-units; informal sector; workflows; petty commodity production; reserve army of labor. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 J46 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.20430/ete.v91i364.2618

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