Labor Market Transitions and Social Security in Colombia

Labor Market Transitions and Social Security in Colombia

This paper quantifies the magnitude of transitions across occupational categories in Colombia, a country with high unemployment and informality but quickly increasing its social security coverage for health. The analysis makes use of a panel of hou...

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Main Authors:	Cuesta, Jose, Bohorquez, Camilo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGE GROUP BUSINESS CYCLE CHRONIC POVERTY CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT RATES FAMILY LABOR FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER GAP HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION JOB SATISFACTION JOBS JOBS CRISIS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR SUPPLY LACK OF AWARENESS MARITAL STATUS MINIMUM WAGES MOTIVATION NON-WAGE COSTS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OCCUPATIONS PAYROLL TAXES PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREVIOUS JOB PREVIOUS OCCUPATION PREVIOUS RESULTS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RESPECT RISK OF DEATH RURAL AREAS SALARIED WORKERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SEX SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPOUSE SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED LABOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED POOR UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
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