| Journal: | Latin american journal of economics |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000351023 |
| ISSN: | 0719-0425 |
| Authors: | Riascos, Alvaro1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, Bogotá. Colombia |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Season: | Nov |
| Volumen: | 48 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 181-198 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Using modern growth theory, we estimate Colombian total-factor productivity relative to the United Kingdom's for the last 200 years in order to match observed income differences. Our results show Colombia's remarkably inefficient use of technology relative to a country that is a leader in this regard and provide quantitative estimates of the proximate causes of relative income differences between the two economies |
| Disciplines: | Economía |
| Keyword: | Desarrollo económico, Colombia, Economía nacional, Productividad, Crecimiento económico, Industrialización |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
