%0 Journal Article %T Labor market segmentation using Stochastic Markov chains %J Borradores de Economía y Finanzas;No. 21 - Diciembre 2009 %D 2009 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10906/65272 %X This article discusses regional labor segmentation using stochastic Markov chains. We present a formal model and derive preliminary results using the evolution of wages in Colombian urban areas. The results show that there was regional labor market segmentation in wages for university graduates during the period from 1993 to 2000, and corroborate the existence of structural changes in wages during the nineteen nineties. %K DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA %K MARKOV CHAINS %K STRUCTURAL CHANGES %K SEGMENTACIÓN DEL MERCADO %K CADENAS DE MARKOV %K LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION %K CAMBIOS ESTRUCTURALES %K Economía %K Econometría %K Economics %K Econometrics models %~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN