We use the Mexican labor market structure to price the set of fringe benefits that household heads receive when formally employed. We exploit longitudinal, nationally-representative information on household heads who are formal, informal, or switch status at least once in our data. Using monthly...

We develop the trivariate probit model in which the sample incidentally truncates twice —i.e. in the first and in the second equations—, which is not solved in the literature. The model is analogue to the so called Bivariate Probit with Sample Selection (also referred as Bivariate Probit...

We develop the trivariate probit model in which the sample incidentally truncates twice —i.e. in the first and in the second equations—, which is not solved in the literature. The model is analogue to the so called Bivariate Probit with Sample Selection (also referred as Bivariate Probit...

We analyze why formal credit, informal credit, and both types of credits coexist as consumer choices. We construct a model in which the households pay a fixed cost to access each type of market and face a market particular interest rate. The model induces a cost curve that defines an optimal,...

El documento presenta y examina los principales hechos de la política comercial del país en los últimos 62 años. El análisis reseña los principales hitos de la política comercial y del comercio exterior en Colombia, destacando los orígenes de las restricciones al comercio, los...

El documento presenta y examina los principales hechos de la política comercial del país en los últimos 62 años. El análisis reseña los principales hitos de la política comercial y del comercio exterior en Colombia, destacando los orígenes de las restricciones al comercio, los...