Browsing by Autor "Manuel Urquidi"

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Impacto de la pandemia en Bolivia: encuesta a unidades familiares y unidades económicas 2020 y 2021: tecnología y empleo
(2023) Manuel Urquidi; Fernando Aramayo; Mauricio Chumacero
El documento presenta información sobre el impacto que tuvo la pandemia de la COVID-19 respecto al uso y acceso a equipos tecnológicos en Bolivia en los años 2020 y 2021. Para ello se realizaron encuestas a unidades familiares y a unidades económicas durante los años 2020 y 2021 en las nueve ciudades capitales de Departamento y la ciudad de El Alto. El documento es el resultado del trabajo de un equipo multidisciplinario en el cual participaron profesionales del BID, PNUD y de la Universidad Privada Boliviana, entre ellos: Santiago Albarracin, Julio Ascarrunz, Nicolás Campos, Liliana Castilleja, Miguel Chalup, Nabilia Rivero, Nicole La Ruta, Milenka Ocampo, Assenet Osorio, Delina Otazú, Asunta Quisbert, Paola Roldán, Solange Sardan y Liliana Serrate.
On the relationship between labor market policies and outcomes in Bolivia: A search and matching approach
(University of Chile, 2019) Ricardo Nogales; Pamela Córdova Olivera; Manuel Urquidi
In this paper we assess the relationship between labor policies and market outcomes in Bolivia, accounting for a large informal sector mostly comprised of self-employed entrepreneurs. We calibrate a job search and matching model to reproduce labor market features in 2013, a period in which important labor policy changes were simultaneously active for the first time. We focus on some effects of three specific policies namely a 14th salary, minimum wage increases and contributions to a 'solidary pension fund' on the sorting of workers between unemployment, formal and informal employment, as well as on the formal wage schedule.
On the Relationship Between Labor Market Policies and Outcomes in Bolivia: A Search and Matching Approach
(Scientific Electronic Library Online, 2019) Ricardo Nogales; Pamela Córdova Olivera; Manuel Urquidi
Abstract: In this paper we assess the relationship between labor policies and market outcomes in Bolivia, accounting for a large informal sector mostly comprised of self-employed entrepreneurs. We calibrate a job search and matching model to reproduce labor market features in 2013, a period in which important labor policy changes were simultaneously active for the first time. We focus on some effects of three specific policies namely a 14th salary, minimum wage increases and contributions to a &#8216;solidary pension fund&#8217; on the sorting of workers between unemployment, formal and informal employment, as well as on the formal wage schedule.
The impact of university reputation on employment opportunities: Experimental evidence from Bolivia
(Cambridge University Press, 2020) Ricardo Nogales; Pamela Córdova Olivera; Manuel Urquidi
Higher education enrolment and graduation rates have increased rapidly inter-generationally across much of the world, offering employers the promise of more knowledgeable recruits and promising individuals new means of social advancement. In the case of Bolivia, the labour force is becoming more heterogeneous over time, which could imply positive effects induced by a closer match between labour supply and recruiters’ needs. However, we show that this is not the case. We revisit the transition mechanisms from college to the workplace, positing recruiters’ interpretations of educational credentials as a crucial determining factor for employability in the formal sector. In a two-branch correspondence study, 2848 fictitious CVs were sent to 1424 formal firms in the three main urban Bolivian areas. We find a large university reputation premium. Applicants from well-valued universities are around 40% more likely to receive a positive response – a 2.25 percentage point advantage from a 7.87% baseline likelihood. Thus, the increasingly heterogeneous labour force is generating additional informational frictions in the labour market, rather than promoting a more efficient matching process.