Este trabajo tiene como objetivo realizar un análisis comparativo de las condiciones de pobreza de la población encuestada por el Sistema de Identificación de Potenciales Beneficiarios de Programas Sociales (SISBEN) para...

I estimate the effect of the minimum wage on formal wages, informal wages, and employment in Colombia. I exploit an unexpected increase in the real minimum wage during 1999. My analysis...

The concept of Granger causality is an important tool in applied macroeconomics. Recursive econometric methods to analyze the temporal stability of Granger-causal relationships have recently been developed. These recursive procedures are used to re-evaluate the...

This paper investigates the impact of adopting quality management standards like ISO9001 on a firm’s performance and the mediator role of human capabilities within firms in this relationship. The article analyses...

We conducted an audit experiment to examine whether street vendors in Bogotá (Colombia) exert price discrimina-tion based on buyers’ attributes, such as gender and nationality, and based on product characteristics, such...

Exploiting the implementation of a Prepaid Electricity Program in the region of Antioquia (Colombia), we estimate the impact that switching to a prepaid program has on users’ energy consumption behavior. In...

La accesibilidad a las oportunidades de empleo y la variabilidad de los precios del suelo representan ideas nucleares del modelo canónico de localización residencial. Este artículo explora la distribución de los...

Incentives based on extrinsic motivations such as Payments for ecosystem Services (PES) could negatively affect intrinsic motivations (i.e., motivational crowding-out). This effect may be evidenced when conservation levels, after PES intervention,...

This article examines the aggregate implications of several policies aimed at removing barriers to formality. To this end, we build a dynamic equilibrium model in which heterogeneous agents choose to work...

This paper proposes a set of five indicators to monitor the bioeconomy in Colombia and Antioquia, one of the main regions of the country. The proposed indicators encompass the dimensions of...