OECD Development Centre Policy Insights

ISSN :
2077-2599 (en ligne)
DOI :
10.1787/20772599
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The OECD Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging economies and fosters debate and discussion to seek creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. OECD Development Centre Policy Insights is a series of policy-oriented occasional papers drawn from the Development Centre’s Work Programme. All titles are generally available in the two official languages of the OECD: English and French.
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Social Protection for All

How to Cover Middle-Sector Workers with Informal Jobs You or your institution have access to this content

Auteur(s):
Ángel Melguizo1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: OCDE, France

Date de publication
01 nov 2010
Bibliographic information
N°:
91
Pages
2
DOI
10.1787/5kghzxqn3r0q-en

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Informality remains pervasive in Latin American and Caribbean labour markets. Many "middle-sectors workers" (around the middle of the income distribution) are employed informally and contribute irregularly to a public or private pension. Governments should consider extending social pensions and stimulating (even financially, via defined matching contributions) individual savings.
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