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Long run relationship between biological well being, and economic development in Colombia

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dc.audienceResearcherseng
dc.audienceStudentseng
dc.audienceTeacherseng
dc.contributor.institucionBanco de la República - Colombiaspa
dc.coverage.ciudadBogotáspa
dc.creatorMeisel-Roca, Adolfospa
dc.creatorRamírez-Giraldo, María Teresaspa
dc.creatorSantos-Cárdenas, Danielaspa
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-20T20:48:06Zspa
dc.date.available2019-11-20T20:48:06Zspa
dc.date.created2019-11-20spa
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the long run relationship between the physical stature of Colombians born during the twentieth century and several socio-economic development indicators using time series techniques. The econometric analysis is carried out considering three height measures: female’s height, male’s height, and the gender height dimorphism. The database comprises height information from the national identification cards for nearly 13 million persons born between 1910 and 1989: 6.283.452 men and 6.383.023 women. Results suggest the existence of a long-run relationship between all height measures and the economic variables included in the analysis. In general, the results indicate that improvements in the availability of better-quality food, and the reduction in food prices, measured by the degree of openness and by infrastructure developments, as well as improvements in the economic conditions lead to increases in average height. Regarding gender height inequality, the results show that height dimorphism in absolute terms decreased during the twentieth century. However, the downward trend observed until the end of 1950s reversed at the beginning of the 1960s, despite the advances in the living conditions of women during this period. This result suggests that earlier improvements in the economic conditions benefited women more than men, given the considerable gender gap in education, health, and income at the beginning of the twentieth century. On the contrary, GDP growth during the second half of the twentieth had higher returns for men relative to women.eng
dc.format.extent47 páginas : gráficas, tablasspa
dc.format.mimetypePDFspa
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.redinvestigadores.org/handle/Riec/43spa
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.relation.ispartofDocumentos de Trabajospa
dc.relation.numberNo. 24spa
dc.relation.repechttps://ideas.repec.org/p/rie/riecdt/24.htmlspa
dc.relation.urihttp://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/bitstream/handle/20.500.12134/9767/be_1096.pdf?sequence=9&isAllowed=yspa
dc.rights.accessRightsOpen Accesseng
dc.rights.ccAtribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0spa
dc.rights.spaAcceso abiertospa
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/eng
dc.subject.jelI10 - Health: Generales
dc.subject.jelI15 - Health and Economic Developmenteng
dc.subject.jelN36 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbeaneng
dc.subject.jelC22 - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion processeseng
dc.subject.keywordAnthropometricseng
dc.subject.keywordDimorphismeng
dc.subject.keywordIncomeeng
dc.subject.keywordEconomic developmenteng
dc.subject.keywordCointegrationeng
dc.subject.lembTamaño corporal -- Aspectos económicos -- Colombiaspa
dc.subject.lembAntropometría -- Colombiaspa
dc.subject.lembEstatura -- Colombiaspa
dc.subject.temaHistoriaspa
dc.titleLong run relationship between biological well being, and economic development in Colombiaeng
dc.typeWorking papereng
dc.type.hasversionPublished Versioneng
dc.type.spaDocumentos de Trabajospa

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