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Determinantes de los ingresos laborales de los graduados universitarios durante el período 2001-2004

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Nohora Y. Forero Ramírez ()
Manuel Ramírez Gómez ()

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Teniendo como referente la teoría del capital humano y la de señalización en el mercado laboral, el documento aborda la influencia de variables socioeconómicas, laborales y algunas relacionadas con las características de las Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES), sobre el ingreso laboral que devengan los recién graduados universitarios en Colombia. Se utiliza la información del Observatorio Laboral de la Educación (OLE, 2005) porque, a diferencia de otras encuestas, permite analizar detenidamente el grupo específico de graduados universitarios y obtener información sobre la profesión estudiada y sobre las IES que otorgan los diplomas. Utilizando estimaciones de Mínimos Cuadrados Ordinarios (MCO), Probit Ordenado (PO) y Regresión Intervalo (RI), se encuentra que factores como vivir en Bogotá, ser hombre, tener padres más educados y haber obtenido el título en instituciones privadas o acreditadas, se relacionan positivamente con la probabilidad de devengar ingresos laborales mayores. El área de conocimiento de la profesión estudiada, la posición ocupacional y el tipo de vinculación laboral, también explican los ingresos de la población estudiada. ********************************************************************************************************* Using Human Capital and Signaling theories, this paper seeks to explain recent graduates' labor income in Colombia. Since usual household surveys do not provide specific information to analyze wage determinants (such as field of study, characteristics of the institution where the degree was obtained…) this paper uses data from a National Education Ministry’s survey. The main result is that being man, living in Bogotá, having parents with higher levels of education, or having gotten a degree from a private institution, enhance the probability of obtaining a higher labor income. Field of study and occupational position also explain wage levels.

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Paper provided by UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA in its series DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO with number 004591.

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