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In this paper we show the importance of subject of degree in explaining the gender wage gap in Colombia. In order to minimize the influence of gender differences in experience, promotions, and job changes on the wage gap, we focus on college graduates who have a formal job and who have been in...
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La economía del departamento de Risaralda en el siglo XX pasó de ser una economía agrícola, principalmente por sus cultivos de café, a una basada sobre todo en el comercio y los servicios. El declive de la economía cafetera hizo que los tres departamentos del llamado Eje Cafetero (Caldas,...
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En este trabajo se presenta el perfil de la pobreza de las ciudades de Barranquilla y Soledad, a nivel de barrio. Utilizando mapas de pobreza, se muestra la distribución espacial de la población pobre, de los logros educativos, de la informalidad, de la pertenencia étnica y de los inmigrantes...
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El propósito de este trabajo es analizar la composición del PIB de Santander, a fin de evaluar el desempeño relativo de los distintos sectores de su economía empleando un método comúnmente utilizado en la investigación económica regional: la metodología shift-share. El análisis se...
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In this paper we analyze the colonial origins of the current economic inequalities among the regions of Colombia. The next section reviews the recent literature of the new institutional economic history on the intercountry and interregional economic inequalities observed in the Americas. The...
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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...
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In this paper we show the importance of subject of degree in explaining the gender wage gap in Colombia. In order to minimize the influence of gender differences in experience, promotions, and job changes on the wage gap, we focus on college graduates who have a formal job and who have been in...
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Este artículo analiza el origen colonial de las desigualdades entre las regiones colombianas. Presenta los aspectos más sobresalientes de la geografía física, pues esta y las instituciones son las bases últimas de esas desigualdades económicas. Un análisis econométrico sencillo relaciona...
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In this paper we show the importance of subject of degree in explaining the gender wage gap in Colombia. In order to minimize the influence of gender differences in experience, promotions, and job changes on the wage gap, we focus on college graduates who have a formal job and who have been in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763687
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