Marginal labor productivity (wages) and evolution over time is a relevant macroeconomic indicator. Its determinants from a structural point of view and empirical evidence by time series indicate that sustained economic growth generates favorable conditions for the labor market, positively...

This paper estimates the returns to education in Guatemala, while attempting to account for self-employment and the presence of workers without monetary earnings in the economy, factors whose omission can potentially lead to sample selection bias. The analysis uses data from the Survey of Living...

Adolescent pregnancy is a latent event in the world, especially in developing countries, and it has consequences of great importance for the young women who face it. This work seeks to demonstrate these consequences in the career of Bolivian women who, although they are not between 15 and 19...

This paper focuses on the effect of educational and skill mismatches of workers on overall job satisfaction, and on certain job domains such as salary, number of working hours, promotion opportunities and type of activity performed. An ordered probit model is estimated by using a data set from...

Empleando la Encuesta de Estructura Salarial se plantea una propuesta de estimación de externalidades de capital humano intraempresa que permite relajar las restricciones introducidas por las especificaciones que la literatura empírica existente ha usado. En concreto, la metodología propuesta...

We estimate wage differentials across different sectors of the Mexican economy. The results suggest that the wage differential between the formal and informal sectors is significant and larger than the differential between industry and services. The findings suggest that significant differences...

Se utilizan cortes transversales y cohortes sintéticas para estimar las tasas de retorno a la educación en Chile. Para corte transversal se usa las CASEN de los años 1990 a 2006. Para cohortes sintéticas, las Encuestas de Ocupación del gran Santiago para los años 1957 a 2000 y la encuesta...

This paper uses the information provided by the Household Sample Survey (1997-1998) to develop a model to explain the structure of wages by gender in Venezuela, taking into account variables such as sector of employment, age, education, among others, using the two-step method suggested by...

Este trabajo analiza la movilidad educativa entre generaciones en Colombia desde 1929 hasta mediados de la decada de los noventa. A traves de un nuevo indice mide la movilidad intergeneracional ascendente, entendida como la probabilidad neta que los hijos superen la educacion de sus padres. Para...