Labor market segmentation in a developing country

This article discusses regional labor segmentation in Colombia using stochastic Markov chains. We discuss the evolution of the wages for university graduates in Colombian urban areas. The results show that there was regional labor market segmentation in wages for university graduates and corroborate...

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Autores:
Mora RodrÍguez, Jhon James
Muro, Juan
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2015
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/81945
Acceso en línea:
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988896906&doi=10.1007%2fs41027-016-0024-5&partnerID=40&md5=28cb2dd6b51ea30f7ab532175b4b4442
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/81945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41027-016-0024-5
Palabra clave:
Economía
Segmentación del mercado de trabajo
Cambios estructurales
Economics
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This article discusses regional labor segmentation in Colombia using stochastic Markov chains. We discuss the evolution of the wages for university graduates in Colombian urban areas. The results show that there was regional labor market segmentation in wages for university graduates and corroborate the existence of structural changes in wages during the 1990s. © 2016, Indian Society of Labour Economics.