Showing 1 - 10 of 12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597728
In this paper, we modeled the Colombian long run economic growth (1925-2003) using a tworegime first order Markov switching model. We found evidence of non-linearity in the annual rate of economic growth. The results show that changes between regimes are sudden and sporadic. The Colombian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005262758
The empirical literature about economic growth has usually ignored spatial interdependence among countries. This paper uses spatial econometrics to estimate a growth model that includes cross-country interdependence, in which a country’s economic growth depends on the growth rate of its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005262759
En este documento se estimó la productividad total de los factores (PTF) y las elasticidades de los factores para la industria manufacturera colombiana, por área metropolitana y sector económico, durante el período 1975-2000, con el fin de incorporar las diferencias regionales en el...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196692
Este estudio provee evidencia microeconómica sobre la existencia y el grado de rigidez de los salarios nominales a la baja en Colombia, utilizando información a nivel de firma para el periodo 1999-2006. La rigidez se determina a través de varias técnicas estadísticas utilizadas en la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969803
The relationship between infrastructure capital and economic growth has been controversial. A number of empirical studies have found very high returns to infrastructure investment (Aschauer, 1989; Canning and Fay, 1993). But, the robustness of the results have been questioned in other empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768077
Este estudio explora los mecanismos de fijación e incremento de los salarios, analiza la naturaleza y las fuentes de sus rigideces y evalúa el vínculo entre los cambios en los salarios y la variación de los precios de los bienes y/o servicios de las empresas, a partir de una encuesta a 1,305...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474168
Este artículo analiza la evolución de la educación primaria y secundaria en Colombia durante el siglo XX desde una perspectiva de largo plazo. Se estudian las principales políticas educativas así como los cambios institucionales y organizacionales que ocurrieron. Se analiza la financiación...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597613
This paper measures some of the impacts that development in transportation infrastructure could have on the Colombian economy during the period 1905-1990. The first section of the paper analyzes the responsiveness of the economy to changes in transportation costs and changes in transportation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597645
The demographic transition from high to low mortality and fertility rates was one of the most important structural changes during the twentieth Century in most Latin American economies. This paper uses a simple economic framework based on Galor and Weil (2000) for understanding the main forces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597647