Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173813 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-712
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
labor demand
skilled workers
unskilled workers
regional disparities
sector disparities
JEL: 
J23
R32
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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