Colombia. Using voter censuses and disaggregated electoral returns from 1991-1998, I show that residents in urban neighborhoods … least likely to leave. I trace the patterns of violence across the communities using local archival materials and interviews … violence, and that political cleansing resembles ethnic cleansing. …

This paper proposes a new identification strategy to estimate the causal impact of illicit drug markets on violence … municipalities that we use as an instrument to uncover the causal effect of illegal cocaine markets on violence. We find that a 10 … violence as different armed groups fight each other, the government and the civil population for their control and extraction. …

Experience from the last decade in Colombia and Mexico suggests that violence increases when governments achieve their … or in more impatient leaders increase violence between DTOs without reducing supply. On the other hand, policies that … can curb supply, although this comes at the cost of increased violence if the elasticity of demand is below a certain …

residing in violence-torn regions in Colombia, including some who were directly victimized and displaced during last ten years …Violence has severe material and psychological consequences. In this article we explore if it also induces hopelessness …. We find that victims who suffered more severe episodes of violence are hopeless and perceive overly pessimistic prospects …

Violence against union members in Colombia has been at the center of a debate for several years now. Union leaders and … indicators and data sources) that violence against unionists in Colombia has steadily declined over the last seven years. Then … statistical evidence supporting this claim. These results suggest that, on average, violence against unionists in Colombia is …

, intensifying the use of violence in order to appropriate part of the public goods and resources, interfere the political process … the use of violence is explained by grievances such as poverty or inequality. However, subsequent years reveal deep … control the local governments by using violence (greed). The results demonstrate a strong and significant relationship between …

This paper estimates the impact of random terrorist attacks (landmines) in Colombia onthe health of babies born between … literature by identifying yet another important channel through which violence affects economic well being. Given that studies … consequences of violence identified in this paper may have long-term effects on economic activity. …

Se hace una breve historia del crédito hipotecario en Colombia. La cuantificación se puede hacer a partir del año 1923 …

distribuir más eficientemente los subsidios entre las familias beneficiarias. En Colombia, desde el año 2009, se inició un Plan … condicionadas del programa FA en seis ciudades de Colombia. Los resultados muestran que los hogares beneficiarios del programa …