Este documento tiene como objetivo establecer las causas que han llevado a Pereira a ubicarse como la ciudad con la tasa de desempleo más alta, entre las 13 principales ciudades de Colombia. Para ello, se presentan estimaciones econométricas de modelos de participación y demanda laboral,...

Este documento tiene como objetivo establecer las causas que han llevado a Pereira a ubicarse como la ciudad con la tasa de desempleo más alta, entre las 13 principales ciudades de Colombia. Para ello, se presentan estimaciones econométricas de modelos de participación y demanda laboral,...

Cooperative employment has long been condemned to the fringes of employment legislation. In Spain, although protection was afforded it for some time, particularly from 1999 onwards, a certain amount of discrimination, from a legal viewpoint at least, can now be discerned. This is at odds with...

This article draws comparisons between the various different proposals put forward for the creation of a self-employment law in Spain. The first of these proposals has been drawn up by an Expert Committee appointed by the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs and the other three, by...

One of the main objectives of the employment policies currently being implemented in the Spanish labour market is to promote and develop self-employment. This article studies and analyses the current situation and the recent growth of self-employment in Spain, and provides a number of...

There is general consensus on the phases and structures that make up integration itineraries and even on their characteristics. However, personalised, cross-cutting aspects of selfemployment have not generally formed part of them. By analysing the integration itineraries of thirteen drug...

This study provides a general overview of the development of self-employment based on the analysis of the shift from paid to self-employment and looks at the factors leading to its growth from a socio-economic viewpoint. The study will then assess the various means of providing freelance work,...

Este documento analiza la oferta de trabajo no agrícola de los hogares rurales en Bolivia. Se observa que aproximadamente el 50% de todos los hogares en el área rural complementan sus ingresos a través del trabajo no agrícola, esta actividad tiende a ocurrir con más frecuencia en los...

The elasticity of labor supply to real wages has broad and significant implications to understanding economic fluctuations and to evaluating the effects of economic policies. Recent literature emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between uncompensated and intertemporal elasticities,...

In this research we evaluate an alternative redistributive scheme for Uruguay. Specifically,we analyze the impacts on equity and efficiency of substituting the new conditional cash transfer program (Asignaciones Familiares – AFAM-) and direct taxes (personal income tax–IRFP-) by a negative...