Living with the neighbors: the effect of Venezuelan forced migration on the labor market in Colombia

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics—Venezuelans and Colombians 2019

Venezuelans are those individuals who declared that they were born in Venezuela. High-Skilled refers to those individuals with at least 11 years of formal education. Workers were considered informal if they met any of the following conditions: (i) salaried workers who do not contribute to a pension fund through payroll deductions made by the hiring company or made by the employee voluntarily; (ii) non-professional self-employed workers (i.e., with less than tertiary or university studies); (iii) unpaid family workers. The rest of the employed were considered formal. Source: Own elaboration based on data from GEIH—DANE