Migración rural urbana e informalidad en las zonas metropolitanas de México. Una estimación de corto plazo

Jaime Lara, Marla Cruz Yedra, Diana V. Moyeda López, Adriana Prats Molina and José A. Tellez Muñoz
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Marla Cruz Yedra: Universidad de Monterrey
Diana V. Moyeda López: Universidad de Monterrey
Adriana Prats Molina: Universidad de Monterrey
José A. Tellez Muñoz: Universidad de Monterrey

Estudios Económicos, 2020, vol. 35, issue 2, 297-329

Abstract: This work estimates the impact of rural-urban migration from the period 2010-2015 on informality in metropolitan areas of Mexico. The estimation of ordinary least squares does not establish any effect, while the estimation with instrumental variables finds that exogenous rural urban migration increases informality. Other variables such as unemployment, labour participation and inequality are unaffected, indicating that informal sector allows to absorb changes in labour supply in the short term, albeit with possible negative effects on labour income of substitute workers.

Keywords: segmented labour markets; unemployment; labour force participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J46 J6 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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