En el presente documento se explora la movilidad inter-generacional en educación desde una perspectiva regional. La pregunta central es ¿en qué ciudades y regiones la educación de los individuos depende menos de la de sus padres? Además, se estudia si los migrantes tuvieron mayor o menor...

En este documento se analiza la actividad económica y empresarial que se desarrolló en el departamento del Magdalena, más específicamente en Ciénaga y su área de influencia, entre las décadas de 1870 y 1930. Con este propósito, se estudian las iniciativas empresariales que buscaban...

El objetivo de la presente investigación es estudiar la geografía económica de la región de la Orinoquia, así como su patrón espacial de asentamiento poblacional y uso del suelo. La Orinoquia es una extensa región al sureste de Colombia, que se extiende entre las estribaciones de la...

El presente documento estudia los determinantes de la migración por medio de un modelo gravitacional. El trabajo es pionero en mostrar que las migraciones dependen de los atributos de las regiones de origen y destino, y por primera vez se utiliza la distancia entre éstas como determinante de...

Cesar River runs 280 km from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and its river mouth in the Magdalena River. In the present investigation I made a description of the demographic and economic characteristics of the inhabitants of the towns through which this river. There are eleven municipalities...

This study aims to provide a socio-economic outlook of Bogota, focusing on the first decade of the 21st century. Bogota has become the Colombian most successful city. Socioeconomic indicators such as per capita income, low rates of informality, high coverage of public supplied services and high...

Yam (Dioscorea) is one of the six genera belonging to the family of Dioscoraceae and originated in Africa and Asia. In Colombia, yam production is specifically located in the Caribbean region and became a key product in the people´s diet. In 2010, Colombia was among the 12 countries with the...

Economic and demographic growth in Colombia has been dominated by the largest cities. This has resulted in the common believe that Colombia is mainly an urban country. The aim of this paper is to show how economic and demographic growth has evolved, especially, the population density, since the...

During the nineties, Cali went through a series of events that resulted into a crisis. In the same decade happened: the economic liberalization, the largest mortgage crisis over the past 30 years of the country, the crisis in public finances of the city and the upsurge of drug trafficking. These...

In an insular region, such as the Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, environmental issues tend to sharpen. As result, its environmental management is different compared to other areas of Colombia, since the vast majority of its territory corresponds to marine surface....