It is mainly about where you work!: Labor demand in the Colombian manufacturing sector

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Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (EAM) between 2000 and 2013, this paper investigates the existence of heterogeneity in the labor demand within the industrial sector. Long run own-price, output and TFP elasticities vary across a variety of dimensions such as regions, sectors and plant sizes depending on workers' skills and contract modalities (open-ended or temporary). Hence, it matters where one works. Such disparities should be taken into account in the design of policies that promote labor market performance, as outcomes, beyond intentions, are unlikely to be homogenous.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-712

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
• Subject: labor demand ; skilled workers ; unskilled workers ; regional disparities ; sector disparities

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Arango Thomas, Luis Eduardo ; Castellani, Francesca ; Obando, Nataly
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• (where): Washington, DC
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.18235/0000503
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/173813
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET