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

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