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. 2021 Jul 28;34(4):1385–1443. doi: 10.1007/s00148-021-00854-1

Table 19.

Percentage point variation in the mean loss labour income rate due to imperfect compliance, by individual characteristics and by country

Countries Male Female Below 9 years of education Above 9 years of education Rural Urban Informal Formal Size firm—small Size firm—medium Size firm—large Quintile total labour income—first Quintile total labour income—second Quintile total labour income—third Quintile total labour income—fourth Quintile total labour income—fifth
All  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03
Argentina a  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.10  − 0.05  − 0.03  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.02  − 0.06  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.03
Bahamas a
Barbados  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.002
Belize  − 0.007  − 0.01  − 0.009  − 0.009  − 0.007  − 0.01  − 0.01  − 0.01  − 0.01  − 0.01  − 0.01
Bolivia  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.008  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.007  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.01
Brazil  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.06  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03
Chile  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.008  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.02
Colombia  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.009  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01
Costa Rica  − 0.002  − 0.004  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.005  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.002
Dominican Republic  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02
Ecuador  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.009  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01
El Salvador  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03
Guatemala  − 0.06  − 0.07  − 0.07  − 0.07  − 0.06  − 0.07  − 0.07  − 0.06  − 0.07  − 0.06  − 0.07  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.07  − 0.08  − 0.07
Jamaica  − 0.002  − 0.004  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.004  − 0.002  − 0.01  − 0.01  − 0.008  − 0.007  − 0.005
Mexico  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.03  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.03
Nicaragua
Paraguay  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.01  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02  − 0.02
Peru  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.02  − 0.06  − 0.05  − 0.03  − 0.06  − 0.05  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.04
Uruguay  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.003  − 0.004  − 0.002  − 0.002  − 0.004  − 0.002  − 0.004  − 0.004  − 0.003  − 0.002  − 0.002
Venezuela  − 0.05  − 0.03  − 0.05  − 0.03  − 0.05  − 0.03  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.02  − 0.04  − 0.04  − 0.05  − 0.04  − 0.05

Source: Harmonised Household Surveys of Latin America and the Caribbean and Oxford Stringency Index and Google Workplace Mobility Data, authors’ own calculations

Notes: The rates for the entire LAC region have been calculated as a weighted average of the population in each country, excluding Argentina and the Bahamas, which are not representative at the national level, and Nicaragua to be consistent with the scenario under imperfect compliance. When the information was not available, we leave the cells as empty

a Sample restricted to urban areas