Is the wage curve formal or informal? Evidence for Colombia

dc.contributor.authorRamos Lobo, Raúl
dc.contributor.authorDuque, Juan Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSuriñach Caralt, Jordi
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-07T08:10:15Z
dc.date.available2013-06-07T08:10:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.date.updated2013-06-07T08:10:15Z
dc.description.abstractUsing microdata from the 2002-2006 Colombian Continuous Household Survey, we find an elasticity of individual wages to local unemployment rates of -0.07. However, the elasticity for informal workers is significantly higher, a result which is consistent with efficiency wage theoretical models and relevant for regional labour markets analysis in developing countries.
dc.format.extent8 p.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.idgrec579232
dc.identifier.issn0165-1765
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/44103
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.08.004
dc.relation.ispartofEconomics Letters, 2010, vol. 109, num. 2, p. 63-65
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.08.004
dc.rights(c) Elsevier B.V., 2010
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceArticles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)
dc.subject.classificationColòmbia
dc.subject.classificationAtur
dc.subject.classificationSalaris
dc.subject.classificationEconomia submergida
dc.subject.otherColombia
dc.subject.otherUnemployment
dc.subject.otherWages
dc.subject.otherInformal sector (Economics)
dc.titleIs the wage curve formal or informal? Evidence for Colombia
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