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Este documento da a conocer la formalización de una función de demanda de trabajo en Colombia, para lo cual se emplean desarrollos econométricos recientes en materia de cointegración propuestos por Johansen [1988 y 1995], en lo relacionado con Vectores Autorregresivos -VAR- y con corrección...
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This work uses several empirical approaches to examine the effects of poverty and inequality on violence in the seven metropolitan areas in Colombia. To this end, this study describes the main determinants of violence in these cities; these determinants are all fundamental features of social...
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In this paper, we analyse economic development and growth through traditional measures (gross domestic product and human development index) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Colombian departments over the period 1993-2007. We use a DEA model to measure and rank economic development and...
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En el presente estudio se ha utilizado el método de Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA) para determinar las tendencias de la eficiencia energética en la industria manufacturera colombiana, tomando como referencia los sectores intensivos energéticamente (SIE). Los resultados de DEA muestran...
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This paper analyses the extent to which income distribution and poverty changes in Colombian urban areas between 1990 and 2004 may be explained by gender dynamics in the labour market. For this purpose, the authors use household surveys microdata in order to perform a microsimulations analysis,...
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This paper assesses the effects of occupational segregation on the gender wage gap in urban Colombia between 1986 and 2000. The empirical methodology involves a two-step procedure whereby the occupational distributions of workers by gender are modelled using a multinomial logit model in the...
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This paper describes the energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian industrial sectors between 1998 and 2005. Using data at the two- and three-digit levels for the German and Colombian manufacturing industry, the performance of the industrial sector is analysed in terms of energy...
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This work analyses the influence of economic variables, poverty and armed conflict on violence in Colombia. For this purpose, a time series method is used to analyse economic and social data through which different long-term coefficients are estimated in order to determine the effects of these...
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Este documento presenta algunos de los aspectos teóricos más importantes para el análisis de la demanda de trabajo, así como la evidencia empírica disponible para el caso colombiano. En cuanto a los aspectos teóricos, al exposición se centra en la discusión microeconómica concerniente a...
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En este documento se discuten los posibles efectos que se podría generar en la pobreza y la distribución del ingreso, a partir de una flexibilización de las normas laborales en Colombia. Con base en una revisión de la literatura existente para el caso colombiano, el autor afirma que el...
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