Más de cien años de avances en el nivel de vida: El caso de Colombia
dc.audience | Policymakers | eng |
dc.audience | Researchers | eng |
dc.audience | Students | eng |
dc.audience | Teachers | eng |
dc.contributor.gruplac | Centro de Estudios Económicos Regionales (CEER) | spa |
dc.coverage.sucursal | Cartagena | spa |
dc.creator | Meisel-Roca, Adolfo | |
dc.creator | Jaramillo-Echeverri, Juliana | |
dc.creator | Ramírez-Giraldo, María Teresa | |
dc.creator.firma | María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-17T08:30:10Z | eng |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-17T08:30:10Z | spa |
dc.date.created | 2018-01-17 | spa |
dc.date.issued | 2018-01-17 | eng |
dc.description | Este trabajo examina las tendencias a largo plazo observadas en el nivel de vida de la población colombiana durante los últimos cien años, con especial atención a la salud. Construimos un índice histórico de desarrollo humano para Colombia (IHDHC) para los siglos XIX y XX por género. Encontramos que no hubo avances importantes en los niveles de vida durante el siglo XIX, debido principalmente al estancamiento del PIB per cápita. Por el contrario, se observaron avances significativos en el siglo XX, especialmente en las mujeres. Durante la primera mitad del siglo, las mejoras se debieron principalmente a un mayor ingreso per cápita, mientras que las posteriores a la década de 1950 fueron el resultado de una mayor inversión pública en educación y salud. Los datos en salud muestran que el porcentaje de muertes por tuberculosis, neumonía y enfermedades gastrointestinales disminuyó significativamente a lo largo del siglo. Por el contrario, las muertes causadas por cáncer y enfermedades del corazón aumentaron considerablemente en las últimas décadas. Los resultados indican que la disminución en la tasa de mortalidad estuvo relacionada en gran medida con la expansión en el suministro de servicios de acueductos y alcantarillado. | spa |
dc.description.abstract | 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. We find that there were no major advances in living standards during the 19th century due to the stagnation of GDP per capita as a result of the lack of dynamism in exports. On the contrary, significant advances in the HIHDC were seen in the twentieth century, especially for women. During the first half of the 20th century, the improvements were mainly driven by a higher per capita income, while improvements after the 1950s were driven by greater public investment in education and health. The health data show that the percentage of deaths from tuberculosis, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal diseases decreased significantly throughout the century. On the contrary, deaths caused by cancer and heart diseases have increased considerably in recent decades. Results show that the decline in mortality rate was largely related with the expansion in the provision of public goods, namely aqueducts and sewerage services. | eng |
dc.format.extent | 49 páginas : gráficas, mapas, tablas | spa |
dc.format.mimetype | spa | |
dc.identifier.handle | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/6974 | spa |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/6974 | spa |
dc.language.iso | spa | spa |
dc.publisher | Banco de la República de Colombia | spa |
dc.relation.doi | https://doi.org/10.32468/chee.46 | spa |
dc.relation.dotec | https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000101/015922.html | spa |
dc.relation.ispartof | Documentos de trabajo | spa |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Cuadernos de Historia Económica | spa |
dc.relation.isversionof | Cuadernos de Historia Económica; No. 46 | spa |
dc.relation.number | che 46 | eng |
dc.relation.repec | https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/cheedt/46.html | spa |
dc.rights.accessRights | Open Access | eng |
dc.rights.cc | Atribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | eng |
dc.rights.disclaimer | Las opiniones contenidas en el presente documento son responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y no comprometen al Banco de la República ni a su Junta Directiva. | spa |
dc.rights.disclaimer | The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors. | eng |
dc.rights.spa | Acceso abierto | spa |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | eng |
dc.source.bibliographicCitation | Acemoglu, D., y Johnson, S. (2007). “Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth”, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (6), 925-985. | spa |
dc.source.bibliographicCitation | Allen, R.C. Bengtsson, T., Dribe, M., (eds.). (2005). Living standards in the past: New perspectives on well-being in Asia and Europe, Oxford University Press, Oxford. | spa |
dc.source.bibliographicCitation | Alsan, M. and Goldin, C. (2015). “Watersheds in Infant Mortality: The Role of Effective Water and Sewerage Infrastructure, 1880 to 1915”, NBER Working Paper Series, Working Paper 21263, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. | spa |
dc.source.handleRepec | RePEc:bdr:cheedt:46 | spa |
dc.subject | Desarrollo Humano | spa |
dc.subject | Mortalidad | spa |
dc.subject | Enfermedades | spa |
dc.subject | Acueducto | spa |
dc.subject | Alcantarillado | spa |
dc.subject | Salud Pública | spa |
dc.subject | Diferencia en Diferencia | spa |
dc.subject.jel | I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare: General | eng |
dc.subject.jel | I15 - Health and Economic Development | eng |
dc.subject.jel | I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health | eng |
dc.subject.jel | N36 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbean | eng |
dc.subject.jel | O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth: General | eng |
dc.subject.jelspa | I00 - Salud, educación y bienestar: Generalidades | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | I15 - Salud y desarrollo económico | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | I18 - Política pública; Regulación; Sanidad pública | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | N36 - Trabajo y consumidores, demografía, educación, salud, beneficencia pública, renta, riqueza, religión y filantropía: América Latina; Caribe | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | O10 - Desarrollo económico, innovación, cambio tecnológico y crecimiento: Generalidades | spa |
dc.subject.keyword | Human Development | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Mortality | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Waterborne Diseases | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Sewerage | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Aqueducts | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Public Health | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Difference in Difference | eng |
dc.subject.lemb | Crecimiento Económico -- Colombia | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | Desarrollo Económico -- Colombia | spa |
dc.title | Más de cien años de avances en el nivel de vida: El caso de Colombia | spa |
dc.type | Working Paper | eng |
dc.type.hasversion | Published Version | eng |
dc.type.spa | Documentos de trabajo | spa |
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