Income inequality, skills and trade : evidence from Colombia during the 80s and 90s

This paper investigates the evolution of labor income inequality in Colombia in the period 1978-98. Main findings are the secular fall of the returns to intermediate skill and the increases of wages for highly educated people and for women. Such changes are associated with shifts of the skill compos...

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Autor Principal: Santa María Salamanca, Mauricio
Formato: Desconocido (Unknown)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8691