The authors examine whether the Colombian government’s expansion of social programs in the early 1990s, particularly the publicly provided health insurance, discouraged formal employment. Using household survey data and variation across municipalities in the onset of interviews for the SISBEN, the instrument used to identify beneficiaries for public health insurance, the authors find robust and consistent estimates of an increase in informal employment...
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2013/09/05
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Article de revue
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Effects of Colombia’s social protection system on workers’ choice between formal and informal employment
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informal employment