The effects of fixed-term contracts on workers in colombia
This paper studies the effects of fixed-term contracts on workers. Specifically,the paper analyzes their impact on wages and on satisfaction levels. Regulationsgoverning fixed-term and indefinite contracts in Colombia and the main laborreforms related to these two types of contract are analyzed. Wom...
- Autores:
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Abadía Alvarado, Luz Karime
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2014
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/49389
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/49389
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/42846/
- Palabra clave:
- Types of contracts
labor contracts
fixed-term and indefinite contract
wage gap
instrumental variable
J01
J23
J31
J41
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | This paper studies the effects of fixed-term contracts on workers. Specifically,the paper analyzes their impact on wages and on satisfaction levels. Regulationsgoverning fixed-term and indefinite contracts in Colombia and the main laborreforms related to these two types of contract are analyzed. Women, young and low-educated workers, who work in small firms, in the private sector and in constructionor manufacturing are most likely to have fixed-term contracts. In terms of wages,we found a significant raw and adjusted wage gap against workers with fixedtermcontracts. Finally, we found, as expected, evidence that fixed-term contractsreduce the level of worker satisfaction. |
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