Gender, informality and employment adjustment in Latin America

Rossana. Galli and Kucera, David,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: The paper uses panel data for up to ten Latin America countries for the period 1990-2000 to analyse whether informal employment functions as a cyclic buffer for formal employment as well as whether women's employment functions as a cyclic buffer for men's employment. The paper also evaluates related patterns and trends of men and women's representation in formal and informal employment, using three different definitions of informality, including addressing informal employment within formal establishments based on whether workers have social security coverage.

Keywords: informal employment; women workers; men workers; trend; emploi informel; travailleuses; travailleurs masculins; tendance; empleo informal; trabajadoras; trabajadores masculinos; tendencia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 pages
Date: 2008
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