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Cincuenta años de vacantes en Colombia. El caso de Bogotá (1960-2010)

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  • Álvarez, Andrés

    (Universidad de los Andes de Bogotá)

  • Hofstetter, Marc

    (Universidad de los Andes de Bogotá)

Abstract

This paper presents a novel monthly dataset of job vacancies in Bogota between 1960 and 2010. The dataset was constructed by counting the number of help-wanted announcements published in the most important newspaper with national circulation-namely, El Tiempo. We describe the methodology used to construct the database, discuss some possible problems associated with it, and propose ways to solve them. The paper also presents an estimation of the job vacancy rate. We depict a Beveridge curve and use the vacancy rate to forecast unemployment. This first look at the series yields sensible results, while leaving a myriad of open questions for future research.// Este artículo presenta un novedoso conjunto de datos mensuales acerca de vacantes en Bogotá entre 1960 y 2010. El conjunto de datos se construyó mediante el conteo del número de anuncios de ofertas de empleo publicados en el periódico más importante de circulación nacional: El Tiempo. Describimos la metodología empleada para construir la base de datos, analizamos los posibles problemas asociados con ella y proponemos maneras de resolverlos. Este artículo también presenta una estimación de la tasa de vacantes. Trazamos una curva de Beveridge y utilizamos la tasa de vacantes para pronosticar el desempleo. Este primer vistazo a la serie arroja resultados congruentes, a la vez que deja un sinnúmero de preguntas abiertas para investigaciones futuras

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  • Álvarez, Andrés & Hofstetter, Marc, 2013. "Cincuenta años de vacantes en Colombia. El caso de Bogotá (1960-2010)," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(318), pages 427-453, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:80:y:2013:i:318:p:427-453
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v80i318.94
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    1. Andrés Álvarez & Marc Hofstetter, 2014. "Job vacancies in Colombia: 1976–2012," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-11, December.

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    Keywords

    tasa de vacantes; desempleo; curva de Beveridge; mercado laboral; Colombia;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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