Wage Differentials Across Economic Sectors in the Colombian Formal Labour Market: Evidence from a survey of firms

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
629
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
J30, J31, C21
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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