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...

This paper attempts to explain the decrease and reversal of the education gap between males and females. Given a continuum of agents, the education decisions are modelled as an assignment game with endogenous types. In the ...rst stage agents choose their education level and in the second they...

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...

This paper attempts to explain the decrease and reversal of the education gap between males and females. Given a continuum of agents, the education decisions are modelled as an assignment game with endogenous types. In the first stage agents choose their education level and in the second they...

En Colombia, las mujeres rurales jóvenes migran a las áreas urbanas. La migración es adoptada por las mujeres rurales como una estrategia para mitigar la vulnerabilidad y los niveles de pobreza que enfrentan en las áreas rurales. Este documento estudia cómo la migración afecta las...

En este artículo se analizan y discuten los avances en la valorización y visibilización de la economía del cuidado (trabajo no remunerado) en América Latina, haciendo énfasis en las mujeres rurales. Al caracterizar las diferencias en el uso del tiempo entre hombres y mujeres, entre zonas...

La participación laboral femenina en las zonas urbanas ha aumentado de manera sustancial en Colombia, pasando de cerca de 47% en 1984 a 65% en 2006. Descomponemos el aumento en la participación en lo que corresponde a aumentos en la tasa de participación de los diferentes subgrupos (que se...