The economic outcomes of the inception of both recent migrants and IDPs into the labor market of the main 10 urban areas of Colombia are analyzed using information from the Continuous Household Survey (ECH). We adapt the theoretical framework provided by Borjas (1982, 1985, 1987, 1990) to the...

The analysis of the risk dimension of unemployment adds on the study of issues such as its typology (frictional, structural and cyclical), active-search methods and vulnerability to unemployment. On this sense, the incidence rate of unemployment is a composed indicator which combines both the...

Economic literature has focused on both causes and effects of trade union membership; however, most of the studies about trade unions in Colombia have been focused on its effects over wages and inequality. On this document we present an estimation of the structural determinants of trade union...

The 2002 Labor Reform was Ahmed to two specific purposes: implementation of social protection measures and labor law flexibilization. On this document we analyze some of the effects of the Reform, with specific emphasis on the potential changes on labor contract modalities, working hours and...

In order to present an estimation of the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to higher education in Colombia we take advantage of the methodological approach provided by Heckman, Lochner and Todd (2005). Trying to overcome the criticism that surrounds interpretations of the education coefficient of...

This document presents a number of theoretical and practical arguments to explain how constitutional jurisprudence (rulings on the constitutionality of laws and on the "accion de tutela") has become a factor affecting the flexibility of labor legislation in Colombia. Two examples are presented....

This article scrutinizes the creation, modalities and incidence of work contracts in the Colombian labor market. From its historical point of view I present the introduction of these contracts and their progressive evolution through time until the current labor legislation. Afterwards the...

In June 2000 Colombia adopted a new definition of unemployment following the standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). This change implied a reduction of the unemployment rate of about two (percentage) points. In this paper we contrast the Colombian case with other countries'...

Economic literature about determinants of labor income has evolved around its theoretical and methodological foundations and more sophisticated and accurate empirical estimations emerged. Colombian literature, though prolific, lacks on rigor. In order to exemplify the effects of this inattention...