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¿Habrá una segunda oportunidad sobre la tierra? Instituciones coloniales y disparidades económicas regionales en Colombia

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  • Laura Cepeda Emiliani§
  • Adolfo Meisel Roca

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En este trabajo se analizan los orígenes coloniales de las desigualdades económicas entre las regiones de Colombia. Se hace una revisión de los estudios más recientes en la tradición de la nueva historia institucional para tratar de entender cómo las instituciones coloniales llevaron a las enormes desigualdades territoriales que hoy se observan en los países americanos. Se presentan los aspectos más sobresalientes de la geografía física colombiana, ya que la geografía y las instituciones son consideradas como las bases últimas de las desigualdades económicas entre las regiones. Se realiza un sencillo análisis econométrico para relacionar los niveles de pobreza observados en las ciudades colombianas de más de 100.000 habitantes con una proxy de instituciones coloniales y una medida de características geográficas. En las reflexiones finales se discute una de las opciones más claras que tienen las regiones de un país que tienen una “mala historia colonial” para poder superar esa situación: la inversión en capital humano.

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  • Laura Cepeda Emiliani§ & Adolfo Meisel Roca, 2013. "¿Habrá una segunda oportunidad sobre la tierra? Instituciones coloniales y disparidades económicas regionales en Colombia," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 183, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:183
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.183
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    Keywords

    geografía; instituciones; capital humano; desigualdad; desarrollo económico.;
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    JEL classification:

    • N16 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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