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The aim of this paper is to explore firms´ wage adjustment practices in the Colombian formal labor market; specifically, the timing and frequency of wage increases, as well as the link between wage and price changes. To this end, we use an ad hoc survey of 1,305 small, medium and large firms...
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This paper uses a survey on wage formation that was applied to 1,305 Colombian firmsto study wage-setting decisions with respect to newly hired employees. The Colombiancase is interesting, since the country´s labour market performance, especially itsunemployment rate and level of informality,...
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En este artículo se investigan los determinantes de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) en Colombia, utilizando una detallada base de datos a nivel de firma. En particular, se comparan las características de las empresas que reciben IED y de aquellas que no reciben este tipo de inversión....
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En este artículo se explora empíricamente el vínculo entre la volatilidad y el desalineamiento de la tasa de cambio real (TCR) con la actividad de las empresas en Colombia durante el período 2000-2011. Se analiza su efecto sobre las ventas externas, la productividad, la inversión y las...
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During the 1920s, the Colombian economy experienced the highest rate of growth in its history. The economic reforms of 1923 (the central bank, gold standard, banking legislation, fiscal reorganization), the coffee boom, and the unprecedented influx of foreign capital were the driving forces...
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En este artículo se describe la evolución de la Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) en Colombia durante las últimas dos décadas y se sitúa esta evolución en el contexto internacional. Se encuentra que durante los últimos años la IED en el país ha registrado una tendencia creciente,...
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This paper uses a wage setting survey of 1,305 Colombian firms to explore the nature and sources of wage rigidities. This is the first study of a non-European emerging economy that uses evidence from a survey of firms to analyse this topic. The survey was carried out during the first half of...
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La relación entre las exportaciones no tradicionales en Colombia y sus determinantes ha sido ampliamente estudiada en la literatura económica2 (Villar, 1984; Botero y Meisel, 1988; Alonso, 1993; Steiner y Wüllner, 1994 y Mesa, Cock y Jiménez, 1999; entre otros). La mayoría de estos estudios encuentran una...
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of Colombian integration with East Asia using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, in which we assess the effects of several trade liberalization scenarios on trade flows and welfare. The results show that there is an important potential for the...
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