No reversal of fortune in the long run : geography and spatial persistence of prosperity in Colombia, 1500-2005

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Borradores de Economía; No. 841

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2014-08-21

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2014-08-21

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Meisel-Roca, Adolfo

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This paper examines the non-reversal of fortune thesis proposed by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2002) in the light of the Colombian experience over the last 500 years. Using a total of 14 national population censuses and the record of tributary Indian

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N36 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbean
J10 - Demographic Economics: General
N16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: Latin America; Caribbean

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Comparative economic history , Demographic economics , Latin America

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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/6128
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/6128
 https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/841.html
 https://doi.org/10.32468/be.841

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