Este documento explora algunos aspectos del mercado laboral urbano durante el último cuarto de siglo en Colombia. El artículo trata de identificar aspectos novedosos a través de datos que habían sido poco explotados anteriormente. El objetivo del artículo es abrir preguntas de...

Este documento explora algunos aspectos del mercado laboral urbano durante el último cuarto de siglo en Colombia. El artículo trata de identificar aspectos novedosos a través de datos que habían sido poco explotados anteriormente. El objetivo del artículo es abrir preguntas de...

Desde septiembre de 1999, La Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo - Fedesarrollo, junto con el apoyo de las Cámaras de Comercio ha implementado exitosamente la Encuesta Social. Esta encuesta ha sido un gran logro para Colombia y ha permitido la caracterización social de los...

Using linked employer-employee data which covers the majority of U.S. employment, I examine how frictions in the labor market have evolved over time. I estimate that the labor supply elasticity to the firm declined by approximately 0.19 log points (1.20 to 1.01) since the late 1990's, with the...

This article evaluates the impact of the employment and unemployment crisis in the rural sector on the urban and national labor market. The analysis disaggregates urban space between large cities and small municipal centers, and examines the structure, participation, and evolution of the labor...

Using linked employer-employee data which covers the majority of U.S. employment, I examine how frictions in the labor market have evolved over time. I estimate that the labor supply elasticity to the firm declined by approximately 0.19 log points (1.20 to 1.01) since the late 1990's, with the...

Using linked employer-employee data which covers the majority of U.S. employment, I examine how frictions in the labor market have evolved over time. I estimate that the labor supply elasticity to the firm declined by approximately 0.19 log points (1.20 to 1.01) since the late 1990's, with the...

Paper [I] adds to the theoretical literature on the incentives of Temporary Work Agencies (TWAs). Using a principal-agent model with hidden action to model two main types of contracts between a TWA and a Client Firm (CF), the TWA is shown to potentially act against the best interest of the CF...

This essay assesses the impact of the crisis on employment and unemployment in the rural sector on the urban job market and nationally. The analysis disaggregate urban space between large cities and small cities, examines the structure, participation and development of the variables at work that...

Este ensayo evalúa el impacto de la crisis de ocupación y desempleo del sector rural sobre el mercado de trabajo urbano y nacional. El análisis desagrega el espacio urbano entre grandes ciudades y pequeñas cabeceras municipales, examina la estructura, la participación y la evolución de las...