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

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
629
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
J30, J31, C21
Palabras clave: 
Wage differentials, survey of firms, labour market, cross section estimation

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