Comercio informal: un caso en Ensenada, Baja California.

Abstract

Informality is a persistent phenomenon in Mexico that has been increasing since the crisis of poor economic growth. Mean while at the federal level, the government tries to reduce it through its policies, local governments seem to encourage it by increasing the issuance of permits for street trading, at least which happens in the city of Ensenada, Baja California, her listing of the Dirección de Alcoholes, Espectáculos y Comercio. For this purpose a non-experimental research, a questionnaire and interview guide was developed. The study subjects are the vendors, government and business associations personal. Fieldwork was conducted in situ in the first frame of the city and street markets. The results highlight that 43% of respondents have 12 or more years of schooling, 21% do not have any kind of permit, and that the number of permits issued has an inverse relationship to the state GDP.