Quality of life in urban neighborhoods in Colombia: the cases of Bogotá and Medellín

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
536
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
D60, H7, I3, J0, J1
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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We use data from Bogotá and Medellín to describe key quality of life indicators of each city and illustrate their spatial segregation at the census sector level and present evidence that the main two Colombian cities are highly spatially segregated accord