Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges

This paper characterizes the labor market of youth in Colombia from 2008 to 2017. We estimate labor market indicators for individuals aged between 14 and 28 years using microdata from Colombia's household surveys over the study period. Our estimates document the main patterns and trends in the...

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Autores principales:	Ham Andrés, Maldonado Darío, Guzmán-Gutiérrez Carlos Santiago
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	youth labor market transition into the labor market labor policy colombia j08 j13 j21 j24 o17 Labor policy. Labor and the state HD7795-8027
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1ecbaeac2bc4454a903f265c151df5022021-12-05T14:11:08ZRecent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges2193-900410.2478/izajolp-2021-0007https://doaj.org/article/1ecbaeac2bc4454a903f265c151df5022021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2021-0007https://doaj.org/toc/2193-9004This paper characterizes the labor market of youth in Colombia from 2008 to 2017. We estimate labor market indicators for individuals aged between 14 and 28 years using microdata from Colombia's household surveys over the study period. Our estimates document the main patterns and trends in the labor market of youth in labor force participation, employment, unemployment, informality, and earnings. We compare these statistics with the same indicators of adults (individuals aged between 29 and 65 years), and explore differences in characteristics within youth such as gender, region, educational attainment, socioeconomic status (SES), and experience. Results indicate that participation rate of young Colombians have increased in recent years, but are mainly employed in low-quality jobs namely unsalaried and informal. We also document marked inequalities in labor market outcomes across youth characteristics. We provide a series of recommendations to guide future youth labor policy based on these estimates as well as the critical analysis of recent youth policies in Colombia.Ham AndrésMaldonado DaríoGuzmán-Gutiérrez Carlos SantiagoSciendoarticleyouthlabor markettransition into the labor marketlabor policycolombiaj08j13j21j24o17Labor policy. Labor and the stateHD7795-8027ENIZA Journal of Labor Policy, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 369-388 (2021)
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spellingShingle	youth labor market transition into the labor market labor policy colombia j08 j13 j21 j24 o17 Labor policy. Labor and the state HD7795-8027 Ham Andrés Maldonado Darío Guzmán-Gutiérrez Carlos Santiago Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges
description	This paper characterizes the labor market of youth in Colombia from 2008 to 2017. We estimate labor market indicators for individuals aged between 14 and 28 years using microdata from Colombia's household surveys over the study period. Our estimates document the main patterns and trends in the labor market of youth in labor force participation, employment, unemployment, informality, and earnings. We compare these statistics with the same indicators of adults (individuals aged between 29 and 65 years), and explore differences in characteristics within youth such as gender, region, educational attainment, socioeconomic status (SES), and experience. Results indicate that participation rate of young Colombians have increased in recent years, but are mainly employed in low-quality jobs namely unsalaried and informal. We also document marked inequalities in labor market outcomes across youth characteristics. We provide a series of recommendations to guide future youth labor policy based on these estimates as well as the critical analysis of recent youth policies in Colombia.
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title	Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges
title_short	Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges
title_full	Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges
title_fullStr	Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges
title_sort	recent trends in the youth labor market in colombia: diagnosis and policy challenges
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Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges

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