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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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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 major geographical aspects of the Colombian territory are discussed, since together with institutions geography is considered to be a key determinant of economic prosperity in the long run. A simple model relating prosperity with a proxy for institutions and geographical variables was estimated for the cities with more than 100.000 inhabitants. In the final comments we discuss one of the main options for the advancement of regions which have a bad colonial history" in comparison with other regions in the same country. RESUMEN: 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 10628, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000102:010628
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.183
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    1. Meisel, Adolfo, 2014. "No Reversal Of Fortune In The Long Run: Geography And Spatial Persistence Of Prosperity In Colombia, 1500-2005," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(3), pages 411-428, December.
    2. Julio E. Romero-Prieto, 2016. "Población y desarrollo en la periferia colombiana en el siglo XX," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, vol. 10(1), pages 7-50.
    3. Jean-Paul Faguet & Camilo Matajira & Fabio SÔøΩnchez-Torres, 2022. "Constructive extraction? Encomienda, the colonial state, and development in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 20105, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    4. Karina Acosta & Yuri Reina-Aranza, 2023. "Categorías municipales en Colombia: Avanzando hacia un modelo de descentralización asimétrica," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 321, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    5. Angela Milena Rojas Rivera & Juan Camilo Rengifo L�pez, 2016. "Desarrollo económico y espacial desigual: panorama teórico y aproximaciones al caso colombiano," Borradores Departamento de Economía 15257, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE.
    6. Julio E. Romero-Prieto, 2015. "Población y desarrollo en el Pacífico colombiano," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 14182, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
    7. María Elena Botero Ospina, 2016. "Las disparidades regionales: Una exploración teórica interdisciplinaria," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, vol. 10(1), pages 165-193.
    8. René Alonso Guerra Molina, 2018. "Instituciones en el país de las maravillas," Revista de Economía del Caribe, Universidad del Norte, vol. 0(0), pages 1-23.

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    • 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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