The stature of the colombian elite before the onset of Industrialization, 1870-1919

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
339
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
I12, I31, N16
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

The average height of Colombian women increased 8.95 cm between 1905 and 1985 and of men 8.96 cm in the same time period. Thus the country was a success story according to international standards in this respect. The information for the adult height of Co