| Journal: | Latin american journal of economics |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000448514 |
| ISSN: | 0719-0425 |
| Authors: | Peláez, José Tomás1 Sierra, Lya Paola1 |
| Institutions: | 1Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Economía, Cali, Valle del Cauca. Colombia |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 53 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 39-60 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | To determine the effect of the real exchange rate on Colombia’s industrial employment and 59 industrial sectors for the period 2000-2010, we used the generalized method of moments of Arellano and Bond (1991) and data from the Annual Manufacturing Survey of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). Our findings reveal that a real appreciation of the Colombian peso decreases the country’s manufacturing employment, and disaggregation by industrial sector shows that a real appreciation of the Colombian peso had a negative impact on manufacturing employment in 18 industrial sectors and a positive impact in seven |
| Disciplines: | Economía |
| Keyword: | Economía del trabajo, Colombia, Sector industrial, Empleo industrial, Mercado laboral, Tipo de cambio real |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
