Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57336 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IAI Discussion Papers No. 195
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI), Göttingen
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

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