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Las Consecuencias Económicas De Un Nombre Atípico. El Caso Colombiano

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  • Alejandro Gaviria
  • Carlos Medina
  • María del Mar Palau

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Este artículo examina las consecuencias sobre los ingresos laborales de tener un nombre atípico para el caso colombiano. La primera parte del artículo muestra que los jóvenes, hijos de padres no educados, habitantes de zonas rurales y pertenecientes a minorías étnicas tienen una mayor probabilidad de tener un nombre atípico. La segunda parte muestra que el impacto de un nombre atípico sobre los salarios es sustancial (superior al 10%) y que el mismo es mucho mayor para las personas educadas que para los no educadas. Los resultados sugieren la existencia de mecanismos de transmisión intergeneracional alternativos a los tradicionales (restricciones de crédito, herencias, etc.). En Colombia, al menos, los nombres atípicos son no sólo una consecuencia de las desigualdades sociales, sino también una causa de las mismas.

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  • Alejandro Gaviria & Carlos Medina & María del Mar Palau, 2007. "Las Consecuencias Económicas De Un Nombre Atípico. El Caso Colombiano," Documentos CEDE 3108, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
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    Keywords

    atípicos sin tocayo salarios exclusión social;

    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection

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