La informalidad agrega los empleos de baja calidad desde la visión de la demanda(baja productividad), y el subempleo los agrega desde la visión de la oferta(insatisfacción con el empleo). La necesaria interacción entre ofertas y demandas enel mercado de trabajo implica que las variables...

This paper analyses the relationship between social networks and the job search behaviour of individuals. Networking is not only based on friends and relatives but also on neighbourhood. The geographic closeness is associated to social interactions. Individuals who are in physical and social...

GDP has usually been used as a proxy for human well-being. Nevertheless, other social aspects should also be considered, such as life expectancy, infant mortality, educational enrolment and crime issues. With this paper we investigate not only economic convergence but also social convergence...

This article shows that the Mincer equations, augmented with variables of firm size and corrected by selectivity bias, yield results that are consistent with the theories of human capital and labor segmentation. Greater firm endowments of human capital and physical capital are related to greater...

This article shows that the Mincer equations, augmented with variables of firm size and corrected by selectivity bias, yield results that are consistent with the theories of human capital and labor segmentation. Greater firm endowments of human capital and physical capital are related to greater...

En este documento se realiza la construcción de un indicador líder para anticipar al comportamiento cualitativo de la actividad económica de Colombia, medida a través del comportamiento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB), se utiliza la metodología de factor dinámico. Para su aplicación se...