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

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2004-05-20

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2004-05-20

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Meisel-Roca, Adolfo
Vega-Acevedo, Margarita

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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

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I12 - Health Behavior
I31 - General Welfare; Well-Being
N16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: Latin America; Caribbean
N36 - 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://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/289.html
 https://doi.org/10.32468/be.289

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