Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges

Ham, Andrés; Maldonado, Darío; Guzmán-Gutiérrez, Carlos Santiago

Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges

dc.audience	Researchers	eng
dc.audience	Students	eng
dc.audience	Teachers	eng
dc.contributor.institucion	Universidad de los Andes	spa
dc.coverage.ciudad	Bogotá	spa
dc.creator	Ham, Andrés	spa
dc.creator	Maldonado, Darío	spa
dc.creator	Guzmán-Gutiérrez, Carlos Santiago	spa
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-06T20:22:58Z	spa
dc.date.available	2020-03-06T20:22:58Z	spa
dc.date.created	2020-03-06	spa
dc.description.abstract	This paper characterizes the youth labor market in Colombia from 2008 to 2017. We estimate labor market indicators for individuals aged between 14-28 years using microdata from Colombia’s household surveys over the study period. Our estimates document the main patterns and trends in the labor market for youth in labor force participation, employment, unemployment, informality, and earnings. We compare these statistics to the same indicators for adults (individuals aged between 29-65 years), and explore differences within youth by characteristics such as gender, region, educational attainment, socioeconomic status, and experience. Results indicate that young Colombians have increased their participation rate in recent years, but are mostly employed in low-quality jobs: unsalaried and informal. We also document marked inequalities in labor market outcomes across youth characteristics. We provide a series of recommendations to guide future youth labor policy given these estimates and a critical analysis of recent youth policies in Colombia.	eng
dc.format.extent	50 páginas	spa
dc.format.mimetype	PDF	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorio.redinvestigadores.org/handle/Riec/51	spa
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Documentos de Trabajo	spa
dc.relation.number	No. 32	spa
dc.relation.repec	https://ideas.repec.org/p/rie/riecdt/32.html	spa
dc.rights.accessRights	Open Access	eng
dc.rights.cc	Atribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0	spa
dc.rights.spa	Acceso abierto	spa
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	eng
dc.subject.jel	J08 - Labor Economics Policies	eng
dc.subject.jel	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth	eng
dc.subject.jel	J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure	eng
dc.subject.jel	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity	eng
dc.subject.jel	O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements	eng
dc.subject.keyword	Youth	eng
dc.subject.keyword	Llabor market	eng
dc.subject.keyword	Transition into the labor market	eng
dc.subject.keyword	Labor policy	eng
dc.subject.keyword	Colombia	eng
dc.subject.lemb	Mercado laboral -- Colombia -- 2008-2017	spa
dc.subject.lemb	Mercado laboral -- Indicadores -- Colombia -- 2008-2017	spa
dc.subject.lemb	Mercado laboral -- Estadísticas -- Colombia -- 2008-2017	spa
dc.subject.tema	Informalidad	spa
dc.title	Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges	eng
dc.type	Working paper	eng
dc.type.hasversion	Published Version	eng
dc.type.spa	Documentos de Trabajo	spa