Los trabajadores colombianos carecen de derechos sociales (Colombian Workers Without Social Rights)

25 Pages Posted: 7 May 2017

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César Giraldo

National University of Colombia

Date Written: April 11, 2017

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: El trabajo informal en Colombia es muy alto para los estándares de la región. Se trata de trabajadores cuya inserción económica no está atada a la seguridad social. Ahora, el gobierno pretende poner a tributar a esos sectores con la creación del monotributo, pero es difícil exigirle impuestos a una población que carece de derechos sociales: la tributación es un contrato social. La inseguridad económica y social ha obligado a las familias a volverse unidades económicas y asumir la protección social, sin embargo, ello tiene efectos sobre la configuración del mundo social que están por estudiarse.

English Abstract: Informal work in Colombia is very high compared to the standards of the region. These are workers whose economic insertion is not tied to social security. Now the government intends to tax these sectors by creating the "monotributo" (single tax), though it is difficult to impose taxes on a population that lacks social rights: taxation is a social contract. Economic and social insecurity has forced families to become economic units and to assume social protection. This off course has effects on the configuration of society, and thus should be studied.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Trabajo precario, informalidad, monotributo, clientelismo, derechos sociales, economía popular

JEL Classification: A14, I38, J41, J81

Suggested Citation

Giraldo, César, Los trabajadores colombianos carecen de derechos sociales (Colombian Workers Without Social Rights) (April 11, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2962628 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2962628

César Giraldo (Contact Author)

National University of Colombia ( email )

Carrera 30 45-03
Bogota, None
Colombia

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