Evolution of Labour Informality in Colombia : Macro Determinants and Local Effects (in Spanish)

This document studies the macroeconomics determinants of the informal labor in Colombia. I use several definitions of informality and I study the main factors that affect the informality. I found that the informality is related negatively with the education of the working population and the degree of industrially developed of the cities. I also found that a big public sector has a positive effect on the informality, this indicate that public sector is not efficient or it has problems institutional that affect the decision of formalization. Furthermore, there is an important local effect related with the productive structure and commercial integration, which depends of the geographical localization of the cities