Resumen

OTERO-CORTES, Andrea  y  ACOSTA-ARIZA, Edson. Rural-Urban Inequality in the Labor Market in Colombia, 2010-2019. CS [online]. 2022, n.spe1, pp.173-219.  Epub 29-Jul-2022. ISSN 2011-0324.  https://doi.org/10.18046/recs.iespecial.4939.

The inequality in Colombia has been widely documented from different perspectives, but little is known about inequalities in the urban-rural context. This paper studies urban-rural inequality in the labor market using a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition for labor income and characterization of rural and urban labor markets. We find that about 60 % of the urban-rural earnings gap is explained by observed worker factors such as educational level and age; the remaining 40 % is due to unobserved characteristics such as employer preferences, worker’s ability, etc. We identify three rural labor market conditions that explain and promote the urban-rural labor income gap: i) low female labor participation and high unemployment rates compared to their urban counterparts; ii) significantly higher labor informality that in urban areas; and iii) high incidence of child labor.

Palabras clave : Inequality; Rural Labor Markets; Informality; Labor Income; Child Labor.

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