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Regional labour informality in Colombia and a proposal for a differential minimum wage

Arango Thomas, Luis Eduardo; Flórez, Luz A. - In: The journal of development studies 57 (2021) 6, pp. 1016-1037

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The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization

Goldberg, Pinelopi; Pavcnik, Nina - 2021

1980's and 1990's, Brazil and Colombia, we examine the response of the informal sector to liberalization. In Brazil, we … find no evidence of a relationship between trade policy and informality. In Colombia, we do find evidence of such a …

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Is informality good for business? : the impacts of inflows of internally displaced persons on formal firms

Rozo, Sandra V.; Winkler, Hernan - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 56 (2021) 4, pp. 1141-1186

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Informal Self-Employment and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco; Maloney, William F. - 2010

/self-employed sector sizes and the real exchange rate. Model predictions are then tested empirically for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and …

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Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in Colombia

Mondragon-Velez, Camilo - 2010

Informality is at the center of the economic debate in Colombia, fueled by the high level prevalent in the country and …

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Emes and Covid-19 : Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms

Alfaro, Laura - 2020

. Applying our framework to data for Colombia, which exhibits an employment distribution similar to that of other emerging market …

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Effects of Colombia's Social Protection System on Workers' Choice between Formal and Informal Employment

Camacho, Adriana; Conover, Emily; Hoyos, Alejandro - 2013

This paper examines whether the Colombian government's expansion of social programs in the early 1990s, particularly the publicly provided health insurance, discouraged formal employment. Using household survey data and variation across municipalities in the onset of interviews for the SISBEN,...

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EMEs and COVID-19 : Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms

Alfaro, Laura - 2020

. Applying our framework to data for Colombia, which exhibits an employment distribution similar to that of other emerging market …

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Price discrimination in informal labor markets in Bogotá : an audit experiment during the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Zamora, Paula; Mantilla, César; Blanco, Mariana - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1/6, pp. 1-24

We conducted an audit experiment to examine whether street vendors in Bogotá (Colombia) exert price discrimination …

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The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization

Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - 2003

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