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Unemployment as a social problem in urban Colombia, some preliminary hypotheses and interpretations

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YALE UNIVERSITY

Unemployment as a social problem in urban Colombia, some preliminary hypotheses and interpretations

The paper focuses on and tests the hypothesis that the rate of open urban unemployment reflects fairly accurately the difficulties of getting a job, especially for the unprepared poorly educated lower part of the population and that, due to the low labor absorption of modern industry and other urban sectors, this problem is likely to become more aggravated as time goes on.

Berry, R. A. · 1970

Abstract

Participation rates may be expected to decrease, the unemployment rate to increase, and income distribution to worsen. Employment problems will be particularly severe for the rural to urban migrants swarming into Colombia"s cities at a rapid rate.

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