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An approximation to the informal-formal wage gap in Colombia 2008-2012
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Daza, Nancy
Gamboa Niño, Luis Fernando
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2013-06
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Universidad del Rosario
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This document provides recent evidence about the persistency of wage gaps between formal and informal workers in Colombia by using a non-parametric method proposed by Ñopo (2008a). Over a rich dataset at a household level during 2008-2012, it is found that formal workers earn between 30 to 60 percent more, on average, than informal workers. Despite of the formality definition - structuralist or institucionalist- adopted, it is clear that formal workers have more economic advantages than informal ones, but after controlling by demographic and labor variables an important fraction of the gap still remains unexplained.
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Wage gaps , Non-parametric , Colombia , Informality
