Caracterização socioeconômica da economia informal na cidade de Marabá/PA através de um estudo de caso

Abstract

Informal work is that exercised by workers who do not have ties with a company, and therefore do not obtain the right to social benefits and protections; or who are in companies registered illegally. In the city of Maraba/PA there are several workers who opt for informality, where it is possible to identify different types of informal work in the different nuclei of the locality, such as street vendors, street vendors, repair of electronic devices, shoemakers among others. In view of this the present article aims to present the informal economy of the city of Maraba, exposing the advance of this type of trade in the region in order to portray the view of merchants on this type of occupation, as well as the contribution of this to the economy of the city.