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| Title: | | Regional growth convergence in Colombia using social indicators  |
| Authors: | | Branisa, Boris Cardozo, Adriana |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion papers, Ibero America Institute for Economic Research 195 |
| Abstract: | | This paper investigates convergence in social indicators among Colombian departments from 1973 to 2005. We use census data and apply both the regression approach and the distributional approach (univariate and bivariate kernel density estimators). Using literacy rate as a proxy for education, we find convergence between 1973 and 2005, but persistence in the distribution between 1975 and 2000, when we use the infant survival rate and life expectancy at birth as proxies for health. Additionally, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, we find convergence in the rate of children that are well-nourished between 1995 and 2005. |
| Subjects: | | Colombia regional convergence distribution dynamics social indicators kernel density estimators |
| JEL: | | I31 O18 O54 R11 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Discussion Papers, IAI, Universität Göttingen
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