Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector

Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector

Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates the effect of labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that the elasticity of revenue with respect to temporary workers is often...

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Main Authors: Francesca Castellani, Giulia Lotti, Nataly Obando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
Subjects:
labor contracts
temporary workers
skilled workers
firms’ tfp
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1729582
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spelling doaj-d609e5bcf7194ce2ae6519dfbe8771e32021-01-04T17:35:56ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Applied Economics1514-03261667-67262020-01-0123119922310.1080/15140326.2020.17295821729582Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sectorFrancesca Castellani0Giulia Lotti1Nataly Obando2Inter-American Development BankCAGE Warwick and Inter-American Development BankEducational Psychology PhD program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USAUsing the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates the effect of labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that the elasticity of revenue with respect to temporary workers is often lower than that with respect to permanent workers, but not in small firms, where some forms of flexibility might lead to productivity gains.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1729582labor contractstemporary workersskilled workersfirms’ tfp
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Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
Journal of Applied Economics
labor contracts
temporary workers
skilled workers
firms’ tfp
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Giulia Lotti
Nataly Obando
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title Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
title_short Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
title_full Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
title_fullStr Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
title_full_unstemmed Fixed or open-ended? Labor contract and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
title_sort fixed or open-ended? labor contract and productivity in the colombian manufacturing sector
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Journal of Applied Economics
issn 1514-0326
1667-6726
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates the effect of labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that the elasticity of revenue with respect to temporary workers is often lower than that with respect to permanent workers, but not in small firms, where some forms of flexibility might lead to productivity gains.
topic labor contracts
temporary workers
skilled workers
firms’ tfp
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1729582
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