The national statistical institutes face permanently the need to reform and update the statistical criteria and instruments for labor market analysis, as well as to adapt international recommendations for measurement. These processes pose important challenges regarding the comparability of...

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...

This paper analyzes over-education in Colombia, using the data of individuals and companies, compiled by the National Apprenticeship Service (SENA) in 2006. It finds that there is a 14% likelihood of being over-educated and that this depends on the mobility between different areas of...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze informal employment in three metropolitan areas, Barranquilla, Cartagena y Montería using information from the second quarters of the Continuous Household Survey for years 2001 to 2005. Two definitions of informality were used, the official (DANE) and one...

This article analyzes the occupational and educational choices among males in the 18-24 age group in Chile. The decision to work, for those who do not study, is analyzed jointly with the decision to study, in order to avoid selection bias. Results confirm

Spanish Abstract: En el presente artículo estimo la importancia de la habilidad no cognitiva ligada a la personalidad en el desempeño laboral de los trabajadores colombianos. En particular, evalúo el efecto del grado de estabilidad emocional, la amabilidad o empatía, la escrupulosidad y el...

Spanish Abstract: Los institutos nacionales de estadística se ven en la necesidad permanente de reformar y actualizar los criterios e instrumentos estadísticos de análisis del mercado laboral, así como de adaptar las recomendaciones internacionales. Estos procesos plantean retos en cuanto a...

The national statistical institutes face permanently the need to reform and update the statistical criteria and instruments for labor market analysis, as well as to adapt international recommendations for measurement. These processes pose important challenges regarding the comparability of...