Job Vacancies in Colombia: 1976-2012
32 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Date Written: December 13, 2013
Abstract
Based on the counting of Help-wanted advertisements in print newspapers, we present national vacancy indexes and vacancy rates for Colombia. These series will allow tackling a myriad of questions related to the functioning of the labor markets in emerging economies, where such datasets were not available.
Keywords: Vacancies, Help-wanted index, unemployment, Beveridge curve, labor market, Colombia
JEL Classification: E24, E32, J63, J64
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Alvarez, Andres and Hofstetter, Marc, Job Vacancies in Colombia: 1976-2012 (December 13, 2013). Documento CEDE No. 2013-57, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2367457 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2367457
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