Cartagena, Colombia
A continuación, se listan los contenidos disponibles en el portal relacionados con la consulta.
- Publicación |El comercio internacional tiene el potencial de compensar las consecuencias negativas de los desastres naturales. Los países parecen beneficiarse de los choques climáticos extremos en las economías competidoras.
- Publicación |Todos los grupos de élite parecen experimentar una movilidad social lenta mientras que los resultados de los grupos étnicos no son significativos dada su ausencia en los Andes. La bajísima participación de los grupos étnicos puede considerarse como evidencia de que existe una fuerte influencia de…
- Publicación |Abstract
This document analyzes the evolution of the main labor market indicators and poverty indicators of Barranquilla between 2008 and 2022. On the one hand, it seeks to understand the evolution of employment generation and labor income during the last decade, and on…
- Publicación |Abstract
International and national literature provides evidence indicating that investment in infrastructure is one of the key elements to achieve economic and social development.
- Publicación |Abstract
Asymmetric decentralization has become relevant in developing countries like Colombia, where capabilities between subnational governments differ dramatically. Although these discussions have been present since the 1960s, the success of decentralization is…
- Publicación |Abstract
The countries of the Caribbean Basin have a tradition in coffee production since the grain entered America through this area in the 18th century. Although the region lost importance in the international coffee market in the 20th century, the crop maintains its significance in…
- Publicación |Abstract
The objective of this study is to describe the main fiscal indicators of Barranquilla during the period 2000–2021, as well as explore the possible factors that could be behind the observed behavior. We compare the evolution of the main fiscal variables of the district with…
- Publicación |Abstract
- Publicación |Abstract
Local labor markets in Colombia are exceptionally heterogeneous. In particular, the cities of the Caribbean region have higher labor informality and lower unemployment rates, compared to the rest of the country. This work is part of a research agenda on local labor markets in Colombia…
- Publicación |
I must begin by saying something that you know very well. The policy interest rate of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) has drastically increased over the past year and a half, completing an increase of 11 pp since the beginning of the current cycle of increases in September…
- Publicación |Profundizar en los artistas, las técnicas y/o las influencias internas o externas en su creación ayudarían a entender la historia del arte de la ciudad. Esto podría contribuir a desarrollar la oferta cultural que la ciudad necesita para que los museos, y la actividad…
- Publicación |Los datos muestran una tendencia creciente no solo en la frecuencia de eventos climáticos extremos, sino también en los costos directos medidos como afectaciones a la población.
- Publicación |Abstract
Inequality in access to high-quality education can hinder the ability of education to promote intergenerational mobility. Looking at the case of Colombia, one of the most unequal and least mobile countries in Latin America, we evaluate whether contemporary differences in access to…
- Publicación |Abstract
A vast amount of literature in Colombia has studied differentials in working conditions and income inequalities. Empirical results have shown that inequalities in the country have been persistent. Disparities in the health conditions of individuals have received less attention in a…
- Publicación |Abstract
Social protection programs have become an important and effective tool to mitigate poverty and vulnerability. This document reviews the main cash transfer programs in Colombia. We study their history, targeting, coverage, operation, and fiscal commitments derived from…
- Publicación |Abstract
Using a novel database of historical series of revenues and expenses of different levels of government between 1923 and 2020, in this paper we describe the evolution of the vertical and horizontal imbalances between central government, states, and municipalities in Colombia. The…
- Publicación |Abstract
One explanation for the increasing number of hectares with coca cultivation is that eradication strategies displace coca crops but fail to completely clear affected areas. In the drug policy literature, that dynamic shifting is commonly known as the balloon effect. This study…
- Publicación |Abstract
We study the impact of natural resource royalties on educational outcomes in Colombia. We analyze a reform enacted in 2012 that made the distribution of these royalties more equitable. Before the reform, most royalties were assigned to the regions where the natural resources…
- Publicación |Abstract
According to the World Migration Report 2020, the number of international migrants increased from 84 million in 1970 to 272 million in 2019, accounting for 3.5% of the world’s population. This paper investigates the aggregated effect of emigration on the tax revenue of sending…
- Publicación |Abstract
We study the labor market effects of the Venezuelan migration shock on female labor market outcomes in Colombia using a Bartik-instrument approach.For our identification strategy we leverage regional variation from pull factors and time variation from push factors. Our findings show…