El presente artículo explora la forma como se abordan desde distintas perspectivas los nexos que existen entre los Derechos Humanos de la primera generación y los elevados índices de violencia que se observan en Colombia. Se explora la idea según la cual las acciones en contra de los...

La carencia de ingresos en los hogares, junto con otras variables socioeconómicas y financieras, constituye el principal obstáculo para que la población pueda acceder a una vivienda propia. Este estudio tiene como principal propósito analizar los diversos elementos que influyen en la...

This paper develops an index to evaluate the level of effectiveness of the control of violence based on the data envelopment analysis approach. The index is used to examine the grade of effectiveness of the control of violence at the level of Colombian departments between 1993 and 2007....

Este trabajo analiza la influencia del conflicto armado y algunas de las principales variables socio-económicas sobre la violencia en Colombia. Para este propósito el análisis con series de tiempo es utilizado, a partir de la construcción de series de datos tanto económicos como sociales se...

This paper analyses some determinants of urban violence in seven major Colombian cities. The empirical research is intended to explore variations in violence across these Colombian cities and the influence of these variations on Colombia´s economic development. In this study, several...

In this paper, we analyse economic development and growth through traditional measures (gross domestic product and human development index) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Colombian departments over the period 1993-2007. We use a DEA model to measure and rank economic development and...

This work uses several empirical approaches to examine the effects of poverty and inequality on violence in the seven metropolitan areas in Colombia. To this end, this study describes the main determinants of violence in these cities; these determinants are all fundamental features of social...

This paper studies the socio-economic determinants of violence in the seven most important cities in Colombia. Derived from theories rooted in classic works, including Becker's paradigm, criminal inertia, social disorganisation, urbanism and strain, we formulate several hypotheses on the...

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between economic development, investments, savings, insecurity and social conditions in Colombian departments. Using a dynamic heterogeneous panel analysis, we study the effects of insecurity and social conditions on economic development through an...

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between economic development, investments, savings, insecurity and social conditions in Colombian departments. Using a dynamic heterogeneous panel analysis, we study the effects of insecurity and social conditions on economic development through an...