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Seminario PePe - María del Pilar López Uribe

La economía de Bogotá enfrenta un doble desafío: potenciar su estabilidad macroeconómica mientras avanza en la generación de oportunidades para toda la población. Uno de los principales obstáculos para lograrlo es la alta informalidad empresarial, que alcanza el 76,7%, y que se asocia con bajo acceso al crédito, débil conexión con mercados nacionales e internacionales y limitada apropiación tecnológica. Esta situación restringe la generación de empleo formal —que actualmente representa el 53,5% entre las personas mayores de 50 años— y perpetúa las brechas de autonomía económica entre la población. Así mismo, la ciudad enfrenta un marcado desajuste entre la oferta y la demanda laboral, lo que impide una integración eficiente de la fuerza de trabajo y ralentiza los procesos de movilidad social.  Frente a este panorama, la Secretaría Distrital de Desarrollo Económico tiene un diagnóstico del tejido empresarial a partir de una base de datos novedosa con registros administrativos y un análisis del mercado laboral con los datos de la Agencia Distrital de Empleo. Con ello, se ha diseñado una Estrategia de Inclusión Productiva orientada a fortalecer el tejido empresarial, promover la formalización y mejorar los mecanismos de intermediación laboral. Durante la sesión se expondrán los principales hallazgos, retos y líneas de acción de esta estrategia, así como los avances en la construcción de círculos virtuosos de autonomía e inclusión económica en Bogotá.  

Producción sostenible de rumiantes: una mirada global

Fecha: 27 de octubre de 2025 Hora: 11:00 a.m. a 12:30 p.m. Lugar: Sala W-910   https://uniandes-edu-co.zoom.us/meeting/register/4VvE0c5gTzON51L42M3BMw  

Seminario CEDE - Giorgio Chiovelli

We show that commodity export booms can propagate up the value chain, reshape production networks, and promote growth in the service sector. We study Uruguay’s beef ex- port boom to China in the 2010s, combining customs, firm-to-firm transactions, employer- employee, and balance sheet data. Firms more linked to exporters experienced higher sales, especially in services, with associated gains in employment, wages, and sales per worker. Aggregate sales rose by 1.79%, with each export dollar generating 46 more cents in domestic sales, 10 cents in services. Over time, service firms reoriented their connections toward beef exporters, amplifying their gains from trade.  

Seminario PePe - Felipe Calvo Cepeda

Se presentarán los resultados de la evaluación de operaciones que analiza la ejecución?2019?2024 de la Política Pública Distrital de Juventud?2019?2030 (CONPES?D.C.?08). Se centra en 24?productos ligados a las Casas de Juventud, eje territorial que ofrece a jóvenes de 14?28?años servicios de participación, inclusión productiva, salud integral y cultura. El estudio se realizó con un enfoque mixto convergente que revisa la coherencia entre procesos planeados e implementados, los ajustes motivados por contingencias, la articulación de los procesos y oportunidades de mejora en la operación. Se constata un avance acumulado del?76,4?% junto a cuellos de botella operativos, administrativos y de información. Se generan recomendaciones para consolidar la sostenibilidad de los productos y orientar la próxima política juvenil de Bogotá.  

Seminario CEDE - Maria Pia Paganelli

Is there a secret recipe for economic growth? No, but we can extrapolate some pieces of advice from Adam Smith. An economy can leave behind its “dull” stagnant state and grow when its markets expand, when the productivity of its workers increases thanks to high compensations which are seen as incentives to work harder, and when lobbying and cronyism are kept at bay. Luck plays a role too, but these three ingredients are necessary, even if not sufficient, for an economy to grow and thus be “cheerful.”  

Taller de investigación en políticas sobre mujeres y empleo en América Latina y el Caribe

La Facultad de Economía - Uniandes y el Banco Mundial, a través de su Laboratorio de Innovación en Género para América Latina y el Caribe (LACGIL) y el Centro de Investigación sobre Mujeres y Empleo (CRWJ), lo invitan al:   Un espacio para investigadores, formuladores de políticas y expertos que dialogarán sobre nueva evidencia y enfoques innovadores para impulsar la igualdad de género en el mundo laboral.  

Policy Research Workshop: Women and Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

We welcome submissions of research papers related to women’s labor market outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Priority will be given to contributions addressing the following topics: Women's leadership in the workplace Gender dynamics in green jobs Informal labor markets and innovations towards better job outcomes The care economy, social norms, and jobs The impact of digitization and AI on employment outcomes Each paper selected will be assigned to a discussant.   Eligibility Submissions must be in English and consist of a full draft paper in PDF format. Each submission should include a title and abstract. Work-in-progress is welcome if sufficiently developed for scholarly discussion. Full papers, in PDF format, should be submitted online via the workshop’s website.   Selection Criteria Papers will be selected based on academic merit and potential relevance for policymaking in the region. The organizing committee will prioritize empirical studies that contribute to our understanding of challenges that women face in the region, employ rigorous quantitative methods and present clear policy implications. Early career researchers and researchers based in the region are encouraged to apply. Each researcher can only submit and present one paper. The researcher can be the coauthor of multiple papers. Selected papers have a possibility of being published in a proposed special issue of the Journal of Development Economics under consideration. Submission Deadline: June 22, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: July 22, 2025 Program: The Policy Research Workshop will consist of closed-door, academic sessions that bring together leading researchers for small-group discussions on cutting-edge evidence related to women and jobs. In addition, the workshop will feature policy-focused dialogue between researchers and policymakers to demonstrate how evidence can shape policymaking and highlight evidence-informed policy levers and options. The latter will be open to the public and broadcast online. Submission Travel Support Travel support will be provided to selected participants, with priority given to early-career researchers. Contact: For additional information, please contact: [email protected]   More info

Seminario CEDE - Luis Felipe Saenz

Standards of living were roughly constant before 1800, almost everywhere. In the early 19th century, English-speaking countries began a process of sustained economic growth that continues today. We document that this rise in living standards—first observed in Great Britain and the United States—is now a global phenomenon. Across countries, we observe four robust patterns along the development path: (i) a reallocation of labor out of agriculture, (ii) a demographic transition, (iii) rising human capital, and (iv) a U-shaped trajectory of female labor force participation. We develop a Unified Growth Theory in which these changes arise endogenously from household decisions. Parents choose how to allocate their time between working and raising children, and how to divide labor between a traditional land-based technology and a modern, human-capital-intensive one. A gradual rise in traditional productivity relaxes resource constraints, enabling investments in child quality. These investments, in turn, make the modern sector profitable, triggering a self-sustaining transition to growth. Calibrated to historical data, the model reproduces the main features of the global development path—including, critically, the U-shaped evolution of female labor force participation.