Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier2016-05-262015https://hdl.handle.net/10784/8537Using 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 frameworkapplication/pdfspaModelos de diferenciasLey 1607 de 2012info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMERCADO LABORAL - COLOMBIAREFORMA TRIBUTARIACOSTO DE MANO DE OBRAJORNADA DE TRABAJOMODELOS ECONOMÉTRICOSLabor supplyWagesLabor costsHours of LaborEconometric modelsAcceso abierto2016-05-26Isaza Cadavid, Juan EstebanSalazar Duque, Juan Guillermoreponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITinstname:Universidad EAFITrepourl:https://repository.eafit.edu.cohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2