A note on unemployment in Colombia

Abstract

The primary concern of this thesis is to consider the various reasons for which Colombia continues to show high rates of urban unemployment, giving special attention to three specific aspects: first, the failures and possibilities of the manufacturing sector as generator of industrial employment; second, the actual distortions in the labor market and some aspects of investment policy; and finally, the implications and expected effects of the Lauchlin Currie's prescriptions for rapid Colombian urbanization.