This article analyzes the effect of the municipality on the academic result of the Colombian State test student "Saber 11". From linear hierarchical models with quantile regression, our results suggest that the type of municipality has a significant effect on students' academic achievement in...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo discute las características de la duración del desempleo de los jóvenes caleños entre 2012 y 2013. Los resultados muestran que los jóvenes afrodescendientes, las mujeres y vivir en ciertas comunas aumentan la probabilidad de durar más tiempo desempleado....

This article discusses how the conditions of the socioeconomic environment affect mobility at the secondary, middle and upper levels of education. Our analysis focuses on the influence of parents' educational level to evaluate intergenerational mobility in education. Using a logit model of...

In the context of the team´s theory, this article shows that employees will be communicated, independent of their skill endowment, have a high skill endowment. In this way, the formation teams can lead to groups whose productivity is lower than that exhibited in terms of the skills they...

This article presents new estimations of the distance in international business between Colombia and 57 countries in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. The concept of distance that we use transcends the institutional level and incorporates both institutional aspects and those that have...

Introduction. The paradox of a formally open and materially exclusive democracy --Narrative on local democracies, government, and public policy in the Colombian Pacific --A model of public choice with clientelism and corruption: introducing the analytical --Political factions and public policy...