50 years of job vacancies in Colombia: the case of Bogota, 1960-2010
This paper presents a novel monthly dataset of job vacancies in Bogota between 1960 and 2010. The dataset was constructed by counting the number of help-wanted announcements published in the most important newspaper with national circulation - namely, El Tiempo. We describe the methodology used to c...
- Autores:
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Alvarez Gallo, Carlos Andrés
Hofstetter Gascón, Marc
- Tipo de recurso:
- Work document
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2012
- Institución:
- Universidad de los Andes
- Repositorio:
- Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8312
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8312
- Palabra clave:
- Vacancy Rate
Unemployment
Beveridge curve
Labor market
Colombia
Mercado laboral - Investigaciones - 1950-2010 - Bogotá (Colombia)
Desempleo - Investigaciones - 1950-2010 - Bogotá (Colombia)
E24, E32, J63, J64
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
| Summary: | This paper presents a novel monthly dataset of job vacancies in Bogota between 1960 and 2010. The dataset was constructed by counting the number of help-wanted announcements published in the most important newspaper with national circulation - namely, El Tiempo. We describe the methodology used to construct the database, discuss some possible problems associated with it, and propose ways to solve them. The paper also presents an estimation of the job vacancy rate. We depict a Beveridge curve and use the vacancy rate to forecast unemployment. This first look at the series yields sensible results, while leaving a myriad of open questions for future research. |
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