Background: Previous studies have found a pattern of flatter COVID-19 age-mortality curves among low- and middle-income countries using only official COVID-19 death counts. This study examines this question by comparing the age gradient of COVID-19 mortality in a broad set of countries using...

Spanish Abstract: La estimación de las Cuentas Nacionales de Transferencia para Colombia en 2014 permite establecer que el ciclo de vida superavitario del país se estrecha cada vez más, dejando muy poco espacio para aprovechar el bono demográfico. En parte, se explica por los bajos ingresos...

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Time Use Differences and Similarities between Developed and Emerging Economies in the Americas: Gretchen Donehower, B.Piedad Urdinola, Jorge A. Tovar -- Chapter 2. Home and Market Production Time Use Differentials in Colombia: B. Piedad Urdinola, Jorge A. Tovar --...

This paper develops for the first time the National Transfers Accounts for Colombia. It estimates the age profiles for all income and expenses in the economy flowing from the government to households and vice versa, as well as flows within and across households. The methodology allows us to...

Background: Estimating the long-term effects of adolescent motherhood is challenging for all developing countries, including Colombia, where this rate has been steadily increasing for 24 years, despite the reduction in the overall fertility rate. We propose a replicable methodology by applying a...