CGWS Research
Publications & Presentations
“Elementos para una Política Pública de Empleo en Colombia, 2026-2030” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Published in Revista Sur, Bogotá, Colombia, May 25, 2026: https://www.sur.org.co/elementos-para-una-politica-publica-de-empleo-en-colombia-2026-2030/
“The US Economy in 2025” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presentation, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Coffee Table, Germantown, TN, January 17, 2026.
“Capital Intensity, Market Concentration, and the Feminization of Manufacturing Employment: Evidence from Colombia, 2000–2022” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Paper presented at the 2nd Colombian Congress of Labor Studies, Asociación Colombiana de Estudios del Trabajo (ACET) & Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, October 2025.
“The U.S. Trade Deficit: What It Is and Why It Matters” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presentation, The Extraordinary Curmudgeons of Memphis, The Irish Restaurant, Memphis, TN, September 26, 2025.
“Tariffs and the US Economy” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presentation, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Coffee Table, Germantown, TN, May 24, 2025.
“Población, empleo e ingresos” by Julio César Neffa and Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro
In J. C. Neffa (Ed.), Tratado latinoamericano de sociología del trabajo (Vol. II, pp. 613–667). CLACSO, 2024. Book chapter, published online: https://libreria.clacso.org/publicacion.php?p=4038&c=1
“Trade Reforms, Capital Investments and the Feminization of Colombian Manufacturing Industries: 1981-2000” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro and Barry Reilly. Published in Latin American Journal of Trade Policy, 6(16), 119–164, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-9368.2023.69711
“Boys and Men Falling Behind” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presentation, Preview Fair, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN, July 14, 2023.
“Desarrollo humano e igualdad de género. Un análisis de datos panel a la luz del ODS5” by Suelen Emilia Castiblanco Moreno, María Inés Barbosa Camargo, and Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Published in Revista Estudos Feministas, Florianópolis, v. 30, n. 3, e77953, 2022: 01-15.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/77953
“Nota Editorial” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Published in Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Trabajo, v. 26, n. 42, 2022: 07-12. PDF (Spanish)
“Economic Recovery and Employment Trends in the Andean Countries after the Covid-19 Pandemic” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Paper presented at International Business Week, Universidad de La Salle, Lima, Perú, October 5, 2022.
“A Conversation on the Social and Economic Landscape of Memphis” by Jacob Goessling and Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presentation and conversation on the social and economic situation of Memphis, Christian Brothers University, October 17, 2022.
“The Legal Perspectives of Personhood: A Reflection from the Social Sciences” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presented at “Personhood – Legal Perspectives: A Conversation with Religion and Philosophy,” Christian Brothers University, November 10, 2022.
“Reconstrucción económica y social: Retos para la sociedad colombiana en tiempos pos-COVID” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro and coauthors. Published in Revista de la Universidad de La Salle, 86, 179–198, 2021. https://doi.org/10.19052/ruls.vol1.iss86.13
“Employment Crisis in the Andean Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Paper presented at the 4th International Business Week (online), Universidad de La Salle, Lima, Perú, November 8, 2021.
“COVID-19, Society, and Economy: The Case of Colombia” by Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro. Presented as part of the Public Health Webinar Series, School of Public Health, SRM University Sikkim, India (online), June 25, 2021.
Ongoing CGWS Research Projects
Capital Investment, Technology, and the Feminization of Manufacturing Employment in the United States and Colombia
This project examines the relationship between the feminization of manufacturing employment and technology-related capital investment (machinery, transport equipment, computing equipment, and similar assets). Using panel data techniques, including instrumental variables and dynamic panel estimators, the project analyzes how employment composition responds to these changes over time. One paper from this research was published in the Latin American Journal of Trade Policy (2023), a related paper was presented at the 2nd Colombian Congress of Labor Studies (2025), and additional papers are in progress.
Labor Market and Wellbeing Outcomes among Boys and Men in Tennessee and Colombia
This research combines quantitative and qualitative methods to examine why certain groups of men face challenges in the labor market as well as in emotional and physical wellbeing. The project is interdisciplinary, drawing on multiple academic fields to study this comparatively recent trend in the United States and other industrialized countries, with a comparative focus on Memphis and the Mid-South and on Colombia. Preliminary findings were previewed in a 2023 presentation at CBU’s Preview Fair.
