Analysis of the impact of labor informality: a systematic review of the literature: A systematic review of the literature

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Julia Jacinta Ortiz Herbay
Omar Williams Fuentes Ortiz
Nilton Isaias Cueva Quezada

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This research addresses the impact of labor informality as one of the main problems of current societies that affects people's quality of life, their economy, their well-being and any aspiration to live adequately. It should be noted that this issue is especially linked to objective 8 of sustainable development related to decent employment and economic growth. In addition, it has a precise relationship with goal 8.3, which encourages the implementation of public policies in order to generate employment and achieve reductions. the informality rate in the country. To achieve this goal, it was decided to address this issue through a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of labor informality in the last six years corresponding to the period: 2018 to 2023. Based on what is described, the methodological process of This study continued using the PRISMA protocol in its 2020 version, starting from the search for scientific evidence using the terms or keywords in Spanish “labor informality” and in English “informal employment”, a search that was carried out in main repositories such as Scopus. and WOS, taking into account eligible inclusion and exclusion criteria that allowed the publications to be examined and 15 articles to be selected

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Ortiz Herbay, J. J., Fuentes Ortiz, O. W., & Cueva Quezada, N. I. . (2025). Analysis of the impact of labor informality: a systematic review of the literature: A systematic review of the literature. Aula Virtual, 6(13), 2438-2453. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18153955
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Julia Jacinta Ortiz Herbay, CÉSAR VALLEJO UNIVERSITY

Public Accountant from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lawyer from the Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Master in University Teaching from the Universidad Cesar Vallejo- Lima Peru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5480-7243, jortizhe@ucvvirtual.edu.pe, Work experience in different private institutions nationally and internationally, always seeking the well-being of the collaborators, representative for Peru OSHTECH INCORPORATED (Canada), a laboratory dedicated to the research and mitigation of safety, occupational health and environmental problems

Omar Williams Fuentes Ortiz, TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF PERU

Omar Williams Fuentes Ortiz is a young man from the Technological University of Peru (UTP), with undergraduate studies in process in Lima. He is registered on the ORCID platform with the identifier 0009-0008-5990-596X, reflecting his interest in academic research. Their training is linked to technological or business areas, in line with the educational offer of the UTP. Use institutional mail u20239050@utp.edu.pe for academic purposes.

 

Nilton Isaias Cueva Quezada, CÉSAR VALLEJO UNIVERSITY

PhD in Public Management and Governance and Master in Public Management from the César Vallejo University, Lima – Peru.  Main institutional liaison – César Vallejo University Lima – Peru. Link Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3152978250484907. Email: ncuevaq@ucvvirtual.edu.pe. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-8884, He is currently part of the editorial team of the journal Regunt and develops research on public policies, digital government and law. He is registered in RENACYT Level VI, as a calcified researcher. He has published in indexed journals such as Scopus, Web of Science and Scielo

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