Spanish Abstract: Este artículo discute las características de la duración del desempleo de los jóvenes caleños entre 2012 y 2013. Los resultados muestran que los jóvenes afrodescendientes, las mujeres y vivir en ciertas comunas aumentan la probabilidad de durar más tiempo desempleado....

This article analyzes the effect of the municipality on the academic result of the Colombian State test student "Saber 11". From linear hierarchical models with quantile regression, our results suggest that the type of municipality has a significant effect on students' academic achievement in...

Spanish Abstract: En el contexto de una democracia precaria en el nivel local, este artículo demuestra que si el concejo está controlado mayoritariamente por concejales que promueven agendas políticas con las cuales se busca que los individuos económicamente más solventes y políticamente...

This article discusses how the conditions of the socioeconomic environment affect mobility at the secondary, middle and upper levels of education. Our analysis focuses on the influence of parents' educational level to evaluate intergenerational mobility in education. Using a logit model of...

In the context of the team´s theory, this article shows that employees will be communicated, independent of their skill endowment, have a high skill endowment. In this way, the formation teams can lead to groups whose productivity is lower than that exhibited in terms of the skills they...

This paper discuses the effect of the minimum wage on the decision to join the informal job sector. We estimated a pseudo panel of the engagement in the informal sector using an IV-probit. The findings show that an increase in the minimum wage leads to a substitution effect between young and...

Critical thinking and writing skills are necessary competencies for effective communication, problem resolution, and analysis in economics. Although there are several different approaches to evaluate critical thinking and writing skills, rubrics is an evaluation tool which provides more...

This paper analyzes the quality of jobs in Colombia in 2009. The results shows progress with the quality of jobs in Colombia, but the level is not enough to secure employment of quality. We also, test endogeneity of education and propose a way to correct endogeneity and obtain consistent and...