This paper analyses the extent to which income distribution and poverty changes in Colombian urban areas between 1990 and 2004 may be explained by gender dynamics in the labour market. For this purpose, the authors use household surveys microdata in order to perform a microsimulations analysis,...

This paper assesses the effects of occupational segregation on the gender wage gap in urban Colombia between 1986 and 2000. The empirical methodology involves a two-step procedure whereby the occupational distributions of workers by gender are modelled using a multinomial logit model in the...

This research evaluates the connection between corruption, economic development, and insecurity in several Colombian departments. This chapter explores the dynamics of these variables using two empirical techniques: the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Dynamic Panel Data Model (DPDM). DEA...

La carencia de ingresos en los hogares, junto con otras variables socioeconómicas y financieras, constituye el principal obstáculo para que la población pueda acceder a una vivienda propia. Este estudio tiene como principal propósito analizar los diversos elementos que influyen en la...

This research evaluates the connection between corruption, economic development, and insecurity in several Colombian departments. This chapter explores the dynamics of these variables using two empirical techniques: the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Dynamic Panel Data Model (DPDM). DEA...

This study approaches the measurement of energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian energy intensive sectors (EISs) at three levels of aggregation from a production-theoretic structure, using of the method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results show considerable variation...

Las auditorías integrales (calidad, ambiental y seguridad, y salud ocupacional) son hoy por hoy una herramienta que se ha consolidado en la gestión empresarial de cualquier organización como un elemento evaluador y de cierre del ciclo planear-hacer-verificar-actuar; que les permite a las...

This research paper performs a review of the most recent literature about the topic of economic growth, inequality poverty and violence in Colombia. The survey explores some of the characteristics, connections and realities which have been documented in the existing literature on the incidence...

En los últimos treinta años, el comportamiento de la producción en Colombia se ha analizado desde un modelo que relaciona el capital físico, el stock de capital humano -desagregado en mano de obra calificada y no calificada-, y el nivel de empleo. Los resultados del análisis distinguen dos...

This study evaluates and compares the trends in CO2 emissions for the manufacturing industries of three countries: two developed countries (Germany and Sweden) that have applied several measures to promote a shift towards a low-carbon economy and one developing country (Colombia) that has shown...