Seriously, less taxes? Tax reform's effects over labor supply

Using a matching and a difference in differences approach we analyzed the impact of a payroll costs reduction implemented through a tax reform in Colombia on worked hours and hourly income -- Existing studies have found mixed results, while increases in wages are commonly found, the results for employment and worked hours effects are a source of debate with no consensus on sight -- However, in line with earlier revisions of literature, we concluded that the effect of payroll costs reductions is positive and significant on both, worked hours and income -- In this paper, using socioeconomic data from Colombia we found that those individuals a effected by a payroll cost reduction between 2012-2014 exhibited significant increases in both hours and income compared to similar individuals una effected by this framework

The negotiability of labor rights: an economic analysis

This paper shows the results of the applied research titled "Negotiating labor rights: an economic analysis", which analyzes the legal regulation on individual labor rights negotiation in Colombia from the viewpoint of basic economic principles (Economic Analysis of Law), in order to identify the inefficiencies caused by the prohibition of this type of negotiations -- After introducing the discipline of the Economic Analysis of Law, this article specifically analyzes the main legal principles that support the prohibition of individual negotiations which summed to the economic characteristics of the agents (workers), produce inefficiency in the labor markets

Influencia de las horas trabajadas por un empleado en su productividad

En este artículo se propone establecer la influencia de las horas trabajadas en la productividad de los empleados en Colombia -- Para esto se realizó una revisión de la literatura acerca de la productividad laboral, se recurrió a investigaciones realizadas por Organizaciones reconocidas, se consultaron casos de éxito en otros países donde se ha implementado la reducción de la jornada laboral, y se aplicaron encuestas en empresas de la ciudad de Medellín -- Como resultado se concluye que las mejoras en la productividad laboral no dependen de un único factor (reducción de las horas de trabajo), sino también de otros factores como la tecnología, innovación, niveles de educación, entre otros, en los cuales Colombia, aunque viene haciendo un esfuerzo importante para desarrollarlos, debe trabajar más en ellos para lograr mayores fortalezas y eficiencias