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How much are consumption, labor and capital effectively taxed in Colombia? Calculations according to the National Accounts base 2015 - Borradores de Economía

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Humans Against Virus or Humans Against Humans: A Game Theory Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Immigration and Violent Crime: Evidence from the Colombia-Venezuela Border

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Interactions between Formal and Informal Labor Dynamics: Revealing Job Flows from Household Surveys

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Interest rate dispersion in commercial loans

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International Reserve Policy and Effectiveness of Sterilized FX Intervention in Colombia

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Intra-national trade network in Colombia: Gravity approach and network analysis

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Investment in transport infrastructure

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Job Creation Recovery and Financial Determinants for Business Labor Demand during the Pandemic

After being stagnant for the first half of the year, employment grew again in July and August. This upturn in employment has been particularly marked in the intermediate municipalities and rural areas. Going by segments of national employment, non-wage employment—which had slowed down in…

Job Loss, Credit and Crime in Colombia

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Job Recovery and Recent Momentum in Labor Participation

Employment continued to recover in the second half of 2020, after dropping sharply during the first six months of the year. However, the labor market, in general, is still extremely slack as a result of the Covid-19 health crisis, and there are major disparities between population groups and…

Labor Market Indicator for Colombia (LMI)

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Labor Market Report: Moderate Employment Growth

At the end of 2021, the labor market showed signs of a sluggish recovery, at a notably slower pace than economic activity. With seasonally adjusted figures from the household survey, job creation in the national aggregate saw a pause in October and November, due largely to a downturn in…

Labor Market Reports - October 2021: job creation reactivated

After being stagnant for the first half of the year, employment grew again in July and August. This upturn in employment has been particularly marked in the intermediate municipalities and rural areas. Going by segments of national employment, non-wage employment—which had slowed down in…

Locked up? The development and internal migration nexus in Colombia

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Long run relationship between biological well being, and economic development in Colombia

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Macroeconomic Conditions and Outlook for 2021

Presented during the 2021 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group: 

HSBC - IMF Spring Sessions (April 6th)  Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Conference Spring 2021 (April 9th)

Managing and operating the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Cartagena (Colombia): the duality of Transcaribe

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Merchants´ costs of processing payments in Colombia

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Minimum wage effects on informality across demographic groups in Colombia

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