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  Preferences on Redistribution in Fragmented Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Berens, S. (2015). Preferences on Redistribution in Fragmented Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of Politics in Latin America, 7(3), 117-156. doi:10.1177/1866802X1500700304.

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Berens, Sarah1, 2, Author           
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2University of Cologne, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Latin America and the Caribbean, redistributive preferences, informal sector, economic risk; labor market, América Latina y el Caribe, preferencias redistributivas, sector informal, riesgo económico, mercado laboral
 Abstract: This study investigates the extent to which labor market dualization polarizes preferences on redistribution between formal and informal sector workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Differences in welfare state costs and benefits for these labor market groups are likely to fuel diverging incentives regarding welfare consumption. The article tests whether or not informal workers are driven mainly by economic self-interest to increase gains from public welfare goods. The study employed a hierarchical model on pooled survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) 2008 and 2010 to analyze the risk exposure of formal and informal workers and, subsequently, their preferences on redistribution. The analysis reveals that while economic self-interest is an influential factor for formal workers, it is (unexpectedly) much less so for informal workers. Also, an increased economically insecure environment, reflected by high unemployment rates, does not motivate informal workers to an exceptional degree to turn towards the state for redistribution, despite greater exposure to economic risk. Labor market dualization does not translate into polarization at the individual level regarding redistributive preferences in Latin America and the Caribbean.
 Abstract: Este estudio investiga el grado de polarización que la dualización de mercados laborales puede crear sobre las preferencias redistributivas entre trabajadores de los sectores formales e informales en América Latina y el Caribe. Los diferentes gastos y beneficios que produce el estado de bienestar en estos grupos del mercado laboral tienden a estimular una divergencia en los incentivos para consumir bienestar. Este articulo analiza si los trabajadores informales son motivados principalmente por intereses económicos propios para incrementar sus ganancias a través del sistema de bienestar público. El estudio aplicó un modelo jerárquico en base a datos de encuestas agrupadas del Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) de los años 2008 y 2010 para analizar el riesgo de exposición de trabajadores formales e informales y, subsecuentemente, sus preferencias acerca de la redistribución. El análisis demuestra que mientras los intereses económicos propios son un factor influyente para los trabajadores formales, el efecto es (inesperadamente) mucho menor para trabajadores informales. Adicionalmente, un ambiente económicamente inseguro, reflejado en altas tasas de desempleo, no motiva a trabajadores informales a un grado excepcional de aprovechamiento de la distribución estatal, a pesar de su mayor vulnerabilidad a riesgos económicos. La dualización del mercado laboral no se puede entender directamente como polarización a nivel individual respecto a las preferencias redistributivas observadas en América Latina y el Caribe.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2014-04-282015-09-302015-12-012015
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 Table of Contents: 1 Introduction
2 Institutional Setup: The Labor Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
3 Theoretical Considerations
4 Empirical Setup
5 Descriptive Statistics: Socioeconomic Differences and the Preference Differential
6 Results
7 Conclusion
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1177/1866802X1500700304
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Title: Journal of Politics in Latin America
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 7 (3) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 117 - 156 Identifier: ISSN: 1866-802X
ISSN: 1868-4890