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La dinámica del desempleo urbano en Colombia

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  • Franscisco javier Lasso V.

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El desempleo varía sustancialmente en el tiempo y para diferentes grupos de trabajadores. Los flujos brutos de trabajadores entre los diferentes estados del mercado de trabajo son factores determinantes de estas variaciones. En este trabajo se investiga cómo los cambios en los flujos brutos del mercado laboral forman los movimientos cíclicos del desempleo a través del tiempo y cómo afectan a los diferentes grupos de trabajadores.Un factor determinante en la persistencia del desempleo en niveles altos es que la destrucción de empleo excedió la creación de empleo en los últimos veinticinco años. El 56% de la varianza de los cambios de la tasa de desempleo se debe al cambio en el flujo de pérdidas de empleo mientras el 41% se explica por el cambio del flujo de trabajadores que consiguen empleo. Las mayores contribuciones de las pérdidas de empleo ocurrieron durante los primeros años de los noventa y el último lustro de la década anterior. Periodos que paradójicamente coinciden con los años de mejores desempeños de la actividad agregada contrario a buena parte de la evidencia internacional donde los aumentos en las pérdidas de empleo acompañan las recesiones. Además, esta contribución del cambio de las pérdidas de empleo lideró con dos años de adelanto el cambio de pendiente de la tasa de desempleo, característica importante para considerarla como un indicador líder; mientras la contribución del cambio en el flujo de trabajadores que consiguen empleo es pro-cíclica respecto a la tasa de desempleo.

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  • Franscisco javier Lasso V., 2011. "La dinámica del desempleo urbano en Colombia," Borradores de Economia 8951, Banco de la Republica.
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    Keywords

    Desempleo; Flujos de trabajadores; Entradas y salidas del desempleo; Probabilidades de transición.;
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    JEL classification:

    • 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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