Este artículo analiza inicialmente el efecto de la legislación sobre los despidos en el mercado laboral. En segundo lugar, se muestra como la existencia de una legislación más amplia en materia de despidos, como es el caso de España, no ha implicado que el número de casos fallados en...

This article calculates the sheepskin effect on wages in Cali’s labor market, where additional profitability on wages when possessing a high school degree is 25 percent and 12 percent for March and September of 2000, and 45 percent and 37 percent for the same months, respectively, when...

This article presents empirical evidence about the relationship between job openings and unemployment through a Beveridge Curve for the city of Popayán between 2001 and 2005, following a panel data model by work areas. The results of the model show that the elasticity of unemployment with...

Este trabajo analiza el comercio intraindustrial entre Colombia y Estados Unidos entre 1995 y 2005, a partir de los datos de BACI (Base pour l´Analyse du Commerce International). En este período, 9%de los productos que se comercializaron con Estados Unidos correspondieron a comercio...

El artículo discute la implementación de políticas activas de empleo para el mercado laboral en Cali-Colombia. El principal objetivo de una política activa de empleo es la reducción de la tasa de desempleo, la reducción de la participación en la informalidad y el reemplazo de trabajos...

This article provides a microeconometric analysis of the distinctive characteristics of springboard subsidiaries that have a positive impact on the subsidiaries' performance. Based on panel data estimations for subsidiaries of European multinational companies with a presence in Spain, the...

This article presents new estimations of the distance in international business between Colombia and 57 countries in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. The concept of distance that we use transcends the institutional level and incorporates both institutional aspects and those that have...

This article analyzes the sources of bank efficiency in Colombia over the period 2000-2011. To perform this research, the authors propose a score of bank efficiency using the directional distance function, which was estimated using data envelopment analysis. Additionally, they use an ordered...