Borradores de Economia
Number:
289
Published:
Classification JEL:
I12, I31, N16, N36
Keywords:
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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Diego Fernando Cuesta-Mora, Fredy Alejandro Gamboa-Estrada, Camilo Eduardo Sánchez-Quinto
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Juan Camilo Medellín, Sergio Restrepo Ángel
In this paper the evolution in the average height of Colombians from 1910 to 1984 is analyzed. The anthropometric evidence reveals a sustained increase in the standard of biological welfare during this period. A database with more than 8.000.000 observat