It is mainly about where you work! : labor demand in the Colombian manufacturing sector

Número: 
933
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
J23, R32
Palabras clave: 
Labor Demand, Skilled Workers, Unskilled Workers, Regional Disparities

Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (EAM) between 2000 and 2013, this paper investigates the existence of heterogeneity in the labor demand within the industrial sector. Long run own-price, output and TFP elasticities vary across a variety of