Changes in Daytime Hours of Work and Employment in Colombia

Number: 
421
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
K31, J20, J30
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

We estimate the effect on hourly wages and hours of work, of an increase in the number of hours of work, defined by law as daytime hours of work. To identify the parameter of interest, we estimate difference in difference models. Although we do not know t