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This document provides recent evidence about the persistency of wage gaps between formal and informal workers in Colombia by using a non-parametric method proposed by Ñopo (2008a). Over a rich dataset at a household level during 2008-2012, it is found that formal workers earn between 30 to 60...
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En este documento se presenta un análisis de los determinantes del perfil de ahorro para hogares e individuos con el objetivo de contrastar la Hipótesis de Ciclo de Vida, utilizando la metodología expuesta en Deaton y Paxson (2000a y 2000b) con datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y...
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In recent years infrastructure planning has been exposed to challenging forces of decentralisation, globalisation and private sector participation. Infrastructure/overall development relationships have been widely studied and employed by central governments to assess public needs and private...
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Este artículo presenta el Índice de Pobreza Multidimensional de Colombia(IPM-Colombia), una iniciativa del Departamento Nacional de Planeaciónbasada en la metodología de Alkire y Foster (AF) (2007, 2011a). La metodologíapropuesta para Colombia se compone de cinco dimensiones:...
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Countless developments in forecasting models and processes have been developed in the last four decades, to support increasing demands in infrastructure services delivery and competitiveness. A wide range of these developments is available nowadays from highly detailed macroeconomic or technical...
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Este documento evalúa el comportamiento y la magnitud de las desigualdades salariales de los trabajadores rurales respecto a los urbanos y de los jóvenes respecto a los mayores de 25 años en Colombia, para el período 2002-2009. La aplicación de pruebas de raíz unitaria y la metodología...
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En este estudio se determinan las diferencias en las pruebas del ICFES entre alumnos de colegios públicos y privados. Después de controlar por las características de los individuos, del hogar, de la infraestructura del colegio y el nivel educativo de los docentes, tanto a nivel nacional como...
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El presente documento hace una revisión de las tendencias recientes del régimen contributivo de salud y plantea algunas de sus perspectivas en materia de coberturas en el mediano y largo plazo. A partir de tendencias históricas y diferentes escenarios de crecimiento del empleo asalariado, se...
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This paper investigates the distribution of crime and violence across victims in Colombia. Property and violent crimes as well as incidents of domestic violence are considered. The paper shows that rich households bear most of the burden of property crime: they are more likely to be victimized,...
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The Colombian experience with labor market reform that began in 1990 and ended with the issuing of a new labor code in 2002 provides important lessons about the difficulties of implementing policy changes. A successful reform has to surpass a set of "deals," during the design phase, consensus...
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