Law 715 of 2001 changed the implications associated to the certification within the Colombian health sector. Since its implementation, certified municipalities can only spend their additional resources in the care of the uninsured poor (supply subsidies). Before, said resources could also be...

Bucaramanga, the capital of the department of Santander, is not only a city with some of the best social indicators in Colombia, but also one whose economy has been growing faster than the other main Colombian cities. This document analyzes the importance of human capital, and how it´s related...

Medellin, the second most important amongst Colombian cities, was once the country´s main industrial hub. This success was based on the rise of its textile cluster, which constituted the primary source of urban economic growth during most of the twentieth century. However, excessive...

The relationship between human capital and regional development has been documented in the economic literature. In line with the branch of the literature called economic geography of human capital, this paper analyzes the localization of Colombians with postgraduate degrees studied abroad, using...

This paper studies the evidence on regional convergence in the last two decades. The results point to a high degree of persistence in regional inequalities. This was confirmed through the analysis of spatial econometrics, which showed that there is a strong spatial dependence in the distribution...

Cartagena de Indias, located in the Colombian Caribbean coast, and capital of Bolívar department, is currently going through a defining moment in its economic history. Two of its key sectors are initiating important projects: the existing oil refinery, with and expansion and modernization of...

This paper uses information from the Demographic and Health Survey, as well as the National Survey of Nutritional Status of 2005 and 2010 in order to calculate obesity concentration indices among adults in Colombia. Additionally, we performed an analysis of the factors that account for the...

The Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina has always been considered a Colombian region with a comparatively low incidence of violence despite the fact that drug trafficking has permeated everyday life. However, recently the island of San Andres experienced a significant...

This paper reviews recent developments in the socioeconomic indicators of Barranquilla, with special emphasis on measures of geographical accessibility and equity in health service provision. During the last decade, Barranquilla achieved a significant progress in terms of reducing unemployment,...

Using data from the 2010 Colombia Demographic and Health Survey and National Survey of the Nutritional Situation in Colombia (ENDS-ENSIN), we analyzed the evolution of the Colombian height trends among the birth cohort 1946-1992 by ethnic group. We find that there are statistically significant...