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Rigideces de los salarios a la baja en Colombia : evidencia empírica a partir de una muestra de salarios a nivel de firma

In: Formación de precios y salarios en Colombia T.2

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  • Iregui-Bohórquez, Ana María
  • Melo-Becerra, Ligia Alba
  • Ramírez-Giraldo, María Teresa

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Este estudio provee evidencia microeconómica sobre la existencia y el grado de rigidez de los salarios nominales a la baja en Colombia, utilizando información a nivel de firma para el período 1999-2006. La rigidez se determina a través de varias técnicas estadísticas utilizadas en la literatura reciente, como el análisis de los histogramas de la distribución de los incrementos en los salarios, el estadístico LSW, y la prueba de Kahn.

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  • Iregui-Bohórquez, Ana María & Melo-Becerra, Ligia Alba & Ramírez-Giraldo, María Teresa, 2011. "Rigideces de los salarios a la baja en Colombia : evidencia empírica a partir de una muestra de salarios a nivel de firma," Chapters, in: López Enciso, Enrique & Ramírez Giraldo, María Teresa (ed.), Formación de precios y salarios en Colombia T.2, volume 2, chapter 18, pages 757-797, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
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    Keywords

    Rigideces salariales; Inflación; Costos marginales; Wage rigidities; Inflation; Marginal cost; Statistics; 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
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General

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