Positive or Negative Selection? Insertion of Internal Migration and Forced Displacement into Colombia's Urban Labor Market, 2001-2006

This article analyzes the socio-economic determinants of insertion into the work force of recent migrants and those that have been forcibly displaced in Colombia’s ten main cities, using information from the Continuous Household Survey (2001-2006). Borjas’ theoretical framework for the selection of...

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Autores: Silva, Adriana Carolina, Guataquí, Juan Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1399
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1399
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:internal migration
forced displacement
Colombia
IDPS
migrant selection
migración interna
desplazamiento forzado
selección del migrante
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Sumario:This article analyzes the socio-economic determinants of insertion into the work force of recent migrants and those that have been forcibly displaced in Colombia’s ten main cities, using information from the Continuous Household Survey (2001-2006). Borjas’ theoretical framework for the selection of international migrants (1982, 1985, 1987, and 1990) is adapted to the cases of voluntary or involuntary internal migration. Through the estimation of a Logit model for the likelihood of finding a job and Mincerian earning equations we find support for a positive selection process for recent economic migrants and a negative one for IDPs, regarding their insertion in the urban labor market. All these go along the rationale of the theoretical framework we propose.