El efecto de la informalidad en la productividad de las microempresas del Ecuador en el 2010.

Abstract

According to 2010 Economic Census, in Ecuador 86% of all companies are microenterprises. Of the total number of micro-enterprises, 35% corresponds to those informal companies that do not have a contributor unique record (RUC for its spanish acronym). Taking into account that the levels of informality in Ecuador, this study proposes to identify the effect of informality on labor productivity of Ecuadorian microenterprises for the year 2010, at a broad level and by sectors of Manufacturing, Commerce and Services. To achieve this, four weighted least squares multiple linear regression models are estimated, using data from the 2010 National Economic Census (CENEC for its spanish acronym). The obtained results show that labor productivity of informal micro-enterprises is lower than that of formal enterprises, and this gap varies depending on the analyzed economic sector.