A tropical success story: a century of improvements in the biological standard of living, Colombia 1910-2002

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Borradores de Economía; No. 289
Date published
2004-05-20
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2004-05-20
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Meisel-Roca, Adolfo
Vega-Acevedo, Margarita
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spa
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Abstract
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
JEL Codes
I12 - Health BehaviorI31 - General Welfare; Well-BeingN16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: Latin America; CaribbeanN36 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbean
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Economic history ; Anthropometrics ; Welfare ; Health ; Standard of living ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5307
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5307
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.289
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/289.html
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