This paper studies the use of labor markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. It examines changes in the labor supply from on-farm to off-farm labor as a means of coping with the violent shock and the ensuing redistribution of time within...

Este artículo estudia el impacto de los aumentos en los costos no salariales y el salario mínimo sobre los salarios en los sectores formal e informal en Colombia durante el periodo 1988 a 2006. La estrategia de identificación incluye variación de los costos no salariales en el tiempo; y...

El presente trabajo analiza el efecto del número y de la estructura de edades de los hijos sobre los salarios de las mujeres en Colombia. Las madres ganan en promedio 17.6% menos que las no madres. Como no todas las mujeres participan en el mercado laboral,existen potenciales problemas de...

This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first...

This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first...

Informality is at the center of the economic debate in Colombia, fueled by the high level prevalent in the country and its substantial increase during the 1990s. We study the effect of labor market rigidities, namely the increase in non-wage costs and the minimum wage on the size of the informal...