Informality and minimum wages by cohort in Colombia

This article aims to analyze the effect of minimum wage levels on the decision to join the informal job sector. We estimated a pseudo panel model of engagement in the informal sector using an IV-probit. Our results show that an increased wage gap-the relative difference between observed and minimum...

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Main Authors: Jhon James Mora, Juan Muro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014-12-01
Series:Cuadernos de Economía
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-47722014000200008&lng=en&tlng=en