Spanish Abstract: Sobre el desempeño del sistema privado de pensiones en Colombia, Régimen de Ahorro Individual con solidaridad - RAIs, se suele resaltar los resultados en términos de rentabilidad, tesis defendida por la industria de Administradoras de fondos. Con el objetivo de evaluar qué...

Uno de los objetivos principales de la Ley 100 de 1993 era propender por la ampliación progresiva de cobertura a los segmentos de población no cubiertos con un sistema de pensiones obligatorio. Sin embargo, esa misma reforma estableció que (i) en ningún caso se podrá cotizar con ingresos...

English abstract: Access to financing in fixed-income markets enables firms to diversify their sources of financing and reduces their vulnerability, particularly in periods when access to bank credit is restricted. This paper analyses the factors explaining firms’ recourse to capital market...

Develops and sets a general equilibrium dynamic and stochastic model with 2 sectors, formal and informal, for the economy in Bolivia. The goal of the model is to evaluate the impact of recent labor market reforms on employment, wages and the product. Specifically, analyzes the effect of a tax...

This article is the first one to use individual data to analyze the demand for AFP in Chile. This study implements panel data techniques which allow us to estimate the switch probability of an AFP customer. Results confirm the fundamental role of sales agents, which was already suggested by...

This article is the first one to use individual data to analyze the demand for AFP in Chile. This study implements panel data techniques which allow us to estimate the switch probability of an AFP customer. Results confirm the fundamental role of sales agents, which was already suggested by...

Spanish Abstract: Parte de la política de Educación Superior que el Estado mexicano instrumentó hacia las universidades públicas en las últimas tres décadas han sido los distintos programas de estímulos a profesores e investigadores que dedicaban tiempo completo a sus tareas docentes y de...

Spanish Abstract: Ante la inquietud de 37 empresarios sobre la conveniencia de atender un riesgo de trabajo sin dar aviso al Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) para evitar el incremento de la prima de riesgo de trabajo, se realiza esta investigación donde se establece la relación...

English Abstract: This paper empirically explores the effects of payroll taxes, value-added taxes and corporate income taxes on a variety of labor market outcomes such as participation, employment, informality, and wages. The results are based on national level data of labor variables for 15...