Authors:Juliana Jaramillo-Echeverri, Adolfo Meisel-Roca, María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo

This paper examines the long-term trends observed in the standard of living of the Colombian population during the past one hundred years, with special attention on health. We construct a historical index of human development for Colombia (HIHDC) for the 19th and 20th centuries by gender...