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Adjusting the Labor Supply to Mitigate Violent Shocks: Evidence from Rural Colombia
Ana María Ibáñez L.; Fernández, Manuel; Peña, Ximena - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2011
This paper studies the use of labor markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. It examines changes in the labor supply from on-farm to off-farm labor as a means of coping with the violent shock and the ensuing redistribution of time within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391749
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DEMAND FOR CHILD CARE AND FEMALE EMPLOYMENT IN COLOMBIA
Pena-Parga, Ximena; Glassman, Amanda - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2004
Due to the increase in labor force attachment of mothers of young children in the last decade, child care policies have … mothers of young children, relatively little unmet need" for child care services and the poor facing constraints to access the … higher for low-income families. As children grow the availability of formal care modes becomes determinant to enable the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767827
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Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Dreber, Anna; Essen, Emma von; … - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2011
We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275603
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Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
Cárdenasl, Juan Camilo; Dreber, Anna; Essen, Emma von; … - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2010
We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753225
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Forced Migration, Female Labor Force Participation, and Intra-household Bargaining: Does Conflict EmpowerWomen?
Calderón, Valentina; Gáfaro, Margarita; Ibáñez, Ana … - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2011
the level of violence directed at children. Because the children of displaced families have been the direct victims of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275598
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The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Children´s School Achievement: Evidence from Colombia
García, Sandra; Hill, Jennifer - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2009
school achievement. It found that the program does have a positive effect on school achievement for children aged 7 to 12 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082463
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468482
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468487
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Participation patterns of sharing systems : a cross-sectoral comparison of the drivers of demand and supply in the sharing economy
Todenhöfer, Lydia Eva-Maria - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932877
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Money markets and monetary policy implementation in times of crisis
Weber, Patrick - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433009