Resumen: El presente trabajo estudia el efecto de la política fiscal sobre el empleo y la producción de los sectores formales e informales. En particular, se estudia cuáles tipos de impuestos son más eficientes para financiar el gasto público, en el contexto de una economía con un sector...

Abstract: We analyze the effect of a parametric reform of the fully-funded pension regime in Colombia on the intensive margin of the labor supply. We take advantage of a threshold defined by law in order to identify the causal effect using a regression discontinuity design. We find that a...

Abstract: We describe the evolution of international trade and the behavior of export diversification in Colombia during the period 1991-2011. For measuring trade diversification and following up its behavior along the period, we employ alternative ways of decomposing trade flows along its...

Low take up of stigma-free social benefits is often blamed on information asymmetries or administrative barriers. There is limited evidence on which of these potential channels is more salient in which contexts. We designed and implemented a randomized controlled trial to assess the extent to...