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Researcher at the Labor Observatory focused on digital work, platforms, and labor law in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Research, data, and public policy on work in Colombia
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The country in data
Research told through data alone: interactive dashboards to explore the Colombian labor market, filter by territory and profile, and reach your own conclusions.
Gender and work · DANE GEIH 2024 · Observatory
The wage gap
in numbers
In Colombia women earn on average 92 cents for every peso men receive in paid employment.
Men$1.82M/ month
Women$1.68M/ month
Average monthly labor wage · weighted estimate
−8%
Average wage gap between men and women
−$141K
Monthly difference in Colombian pesos in favor of men
1 de 8
women earns above the minimum wage, compared with 1 in 5 men
Source · DANE GEIH 2024 · Observatory estimates
In more than 75% of the years analyzed, the government ended up setting the minimum wage by decree: the wage-setting commission fails in its institutional role.
Observatorio Laboral PUJ
2024 Research
Read the researchFeatured publication · Research
Who Makes Up the Labor Force in Colombia?
Detailed characterization of the Colombian labor force: demographic, sectoral, formal, and informal composition, with DANE data.
Digital platforms are reshaping the employment relationship: Colombian labor law faces the challenge of protecting workers who fall outside the employee/independent-contractor binary.
Iván Camilo Jiménez Uribe
Researcher
Read the researchUpcoming event
2026 Annual Report Launch: The Labor Market in Colombia
Presentation of the Labor Observatory's annual report on the evolution of the Colombian labor market during 2025. We will discuss trends in formal employment, informality, real wages, and the outcomes of the labor reform.
15 de septiembre de 2026 · 9:00 a. m.Auditorio Felix Restrepo - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Ten years of DANE microdata show that labor informality is a structural phenomenon in Colombia: it calls for reforms that tackle the causes, not the symptoms.
Juliana Morad Acero
Co-Director of the Observatory
View the studyThe observatory in numbers
Ten research lines sustain our work
247
Academic publications
44
Researchers & collaborators
10
Research lines
En cifras
Mercado laboral hoy
Research · Analysis · Policy
Featured Reports
A curated selection of the Observatory's most relevant reports, published in partnership with the Corporación Excelencia en la Justicia.
Premio CEJ 2023Investigación
Labor Reform Bill Text 2.0
121A structured labor reform proposal 2.0 prepared jointly by the Observatorio Derecho Laboral and the Observatorio Fiscal of the PUJ. Awarded best research by the CEJ in 2023.
Diego Felipe Valdivieso RuedaLeer informe
Dato clave · Investigación
57%
INFORMALIDAD
Evolution and Characterization of the Labor Market in Colombia: A Comparison Between the Public, Private, and Self-Employment Sectors, 2020-2024
Leer informeInvestigación
A Fairer and More Sustainable Pension System
7Junio de 2023Investigación
Challenges of Work in the Digital Age
182Abril de 202428′ lectura
Investigación
Simplified Employment Contracting Regime: A Proposal for Labor Formalization and Social Security
111Abril de 202530′ lectura
Investigación
Who Makes Up the Labor Force in Colombia?
38Abril de 202518′ lectura
Próximo EventoHíbrido
2026 Annual Report Launch: The Labor Market in Colombia
Presentation of the Labor Observatory's annual report on the evolution of the Colombian labor market during 2025. We will discuss trends in formal employment, informality, real wages, and the outcomes of the labor reform.
15 de septiembre de 2026Auditorio Felix Restrepo - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
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Ten research lines that underpin the Observatory's work.
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Individual Labor Law
This research line studies individual employment relationships: types of contracts, the wage regime, working hours, vacation, statutory bonus, severance pay, unilateral termination, enhanced job security, individual union immunity, and protection against dismissal without just cause. It analyzes the case law of the Labor Cassation Chamber of the CSJ.
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Juliana Morad Acero
Director of the Department of Labor Law
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This research line studies individual employment relationships: types of contracts, the wage regime, working hours, vacation, statutory bonus, severance pay, unilateral termination, enhanced job security, individual union immunity, and protection against dismissal without just cause. It analyzes the case law of the Labor Cassation Chamber of the CSJ.
Explorar temaJuliana Morad Acero
Director of the Department of Labor Law
Who researches
The researchers behind the Observatory
Professors and researchers of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana who sustain the Labor Observatory's editorial lines.
Investigador activo: Iván Camilo Jiménez Uribe. Total 14 investigadores.
Recent Publications
The latest research, analysis, and columns from the Observatory.
InvestigaciónJulio de 2026
Un aumento de ingresos laborales demasiado grande
En el primer trimestre de 2026, los ingresos laborales reales promedio crecieron un sobresaliente 16% anual. También se encuentran incrementos importantes para empleados privados, independientes, todo tamaño de empresas y diversos sectores económicos, aun cuando la economía creció un modesto 2,2%. La nueva administración debe revisar los posibles errores de medición en las estadísticas del mercado laboral colombiano.
Pablo Adrián Garlati Bertoldi
2435015 minLeer
- Junio de 2026Investigación
¿Pueden el DANE y PILA contar dos historias distintas sobre el mismo mercado laboral?
Pablo Adrián Garlati Bertoldi
630138 - Febrero de 2026Investigación
Proposals for a Labor Legislative Agenda
A set of technical proposals for the labor legislative agenda in Colombia, addressing necessary reforms in labor law and social security.
Diego Felipe Valdivieso Rueda, Pablo Adrián Garlati Bertoldi, Daniel Alejandro López Morales, Carlos Arturo Barco Alzate, Edgar Giovanni González Umbarila, Fabio Alejandro Gómez Castaño, Juliana Morad Acero, Johanna Gómez Castro, Javier Rivera Rosas, Oscar Leonardo Rincón León, José Mauricio Salazar Saénz, Iván Camilo Jiménez Uribe, Dalia Marcela Orduz Pérez, Maira Alejandra López
En alianza · cej25 min lectura387