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Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia
Mazzuca, Sebastián - 2006
instability in Colombia for the period 1850-1950, and their relationship to political, particularly electoral, institutions. We …
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Country studies
Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000122609
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Conditional cash transfers in education design features, peer and sibling effects evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia
Barrera Osorio, Felipe (contributor) - 2008
"We evaluate multiple variants of a commonly used intervention to boost education in developing countries -- the conditional cash transfer (CCT) -- with a student level randomization that allows us to generate intra-family and peer-network variation. We test three treatments: a basic CCT...
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Cost-Sharing in Medical Care Can Increase Adult Mortality : Evidence from Colombia
Buitrago, Giancarlo; Amaya-Nieto, Javier; Miller, Grant; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
-evaluates the link between outpatient cost-sharing and health, studying Colombia's entire formal sector workforce observed monthly …. Because Colombia's national health system imposes discrete breaks in outpatient cost-sharing requirements across the earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437039
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Financial Aid and Social Mobility : Evidence from Colombia's Ser Pilo Paga
Londoño Vélez, Juliana; Rodríguez, Catherine; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The paper studies the impact of financial aid on long-term educational attainment and labor market outcomes in Colombia … partly by high-quality universities improving students' skills, as demonstrated by their performance on Colombia's college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372494
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Trade Protection and Wages : Evidence from the Colombian Trade Reforms
Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - 2001
Starting in 1985, Colombia experienced gradual trade liberalization that culminated in the drastic tariff reductions of … Colombia exhibit remarkably less persistence over time than U.S. wage premiums. Similarly, measures of trade protection are … - in contrast to the U.S. - sectors with high import penetration in Colombia pay higher wages; nevertheless, regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470141
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Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia : Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
Angrist, Joshua - 2001
Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 pupils from poor neighborhoods with vouchers that covered approximately …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470381
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Capital Flows, Real Exchange Rates, and Capital Controls : Some Latin American Experiences
Edwards, Sebastian - 1998
This paper deals with some of the most important aspects of Latin America's experience with capital flows during the last twenty-five years. The paper begins with a historical analysis. I then deal with the sequencing of reform and discuss issues related to the relationship between capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472013
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Current Account Sustainability : Selected East Asian and Latin American Experiences
Milesi-Ferrett, Gian Maria - 1996
, Colombia and Mexico -- and three East Asian countries--Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. It identifies a number of potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473042
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Is "Learning-by-Exporting" Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco
Clerides, Sofronis - 1996
Is there any empirical evidence that firms become more efficient after becoming exporters? Do firms that become exporters generate positive spillovers for domestically-oriented producers? In this paper we analyze the causal links between exporting and productivity using firm-level panel data...
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