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The Labor Market Effects of Part-Time Contributions to Social Security: Evidence from Colombia

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  • Brenda Samaniego de la Parra
  • Andrea Otero-Cort�s
  • Leonardo Fabio Morales

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In 2014, Colombia implemented a policy that added flexibilization to labor contracts for part-time workers that reduced the quasi-fixed costs of employing formal workers. We find that the reform increased the probability of entering the formal sector within the targeted population: low-wage, part-time workers. We use administrative employer-employee matched data and leverage variation across cities and industries in demand for part-time work before the reform. We find that, after the tax reform, the change in the total number of formal workers is 6 percentage points higher at firms that use the new contracts relative to their counterparts that choose not to hire low-wage, formal, part-time workers under the new tax form. Mean daily wages temporarily declined after the reform.. **** RESUMEN: En 2014, Colombia implementó una reforma que flexibilizó la contratación de trabajadores formales de tiempo parcial a través de la reducción de los costos cuasi-fijos de contratación formal. Este documento estima los efectos sobre el empleo y los salarios de este cambio en la legislación laboral. Nuestros resultados muestran que la reforma incrementó la probabilidad de ingresar al sector formal dentro de la población objetivo: trabajadores de bajos ingresos laborales y de tiempo parcial. Para la estimación empírica, usamos datos administrativos de aportes a seguridad social (PILA) que nos permiten seguir en el tiempo a empleadores y empleados y una estrategia de identificación que explota la variación entre ciudades e industrias en la demanda por trabajo de tiempo parcial antes de la reforma. Encontramos que después de implementada la reforma, el empleo formal creció, en promedio, 6 puntos porcentuales más en las firmas que usaron el nuevo tipo de contrato de tiempo parcial en comparación con las firmas que no lo usaron. Los salarios diarios medios disminuyeron temporalmente después de la reforma.

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  • Brenda Samaniego de la Parra & Andrea Otero-Cort�s & Leonardo Fabio Morales, 2021. "The Labor Market Effects of Part-Time Contributions to Social Security: Evidence from Colombia," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 19702, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000102:019702
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.302
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    1. Andrés Álvarez & Juan Camilo Chaparro & Carolina Gonz�lez & Santiago Levy & Dar�o Maldonado & Marcela Mel�ndez & Natalia Ram�rez & Marta Juanita Villaveces, 2022. "Reporte ejecutivo de la Misión de Empleo de Colombia," Documentos de trabajo 20156, Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes.
    2. Luis Armando Galvis-Aponte & Jaime Bonet-Mor�n & Leonardo Bonilla-Mej�a & Andrea Otero-Cort�s & Gerson Javier P�rez-Valbuena & Christian Posso & Diana Ricciulli-Mar�n, 2021. "Desigualdades del ingreso en Colombia: ¿cuáles son sus determinantes y cómo se han afectado por la pandemia del Covid-19?," Revista ESPE - Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República, issue 101, pages 1-53.

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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market

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