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Análisis sobre elección de ocupaciones que generen empleo usando modelos de elección discreta: Medellín Área Metropolitana 2009
(2011-04-11)
The formation and consolidation of businesses is a key element in achieving
social and economic transformation of Colombia. Example of this hipotesis, are
the increasing number of academic papers and policies to ...
Un sistema casi ideal de demanda para el gasto en Colombia: una estimación utilizando el método generalizado de los momentos en el periodo 1968-2007
(2011-05-16)
This work uses a Linear Approximation of the Almost Ideal Demand
System (LA/AIDS) to examine Colombian's expenditure in daily needs and to
estimate the respective expenditure and price elasticities using Colombian ...
Rendimiento ex-dividendo como indicador de eficiencia en un mercado emergente: caso colombiano 1999-2007
(Universidad EAFIT, 2012-12-15)
We study the ex-dividend return in the Colombian stock market between 1999 and 2007, period that includes the merger of the former three Colombian stock exchanges in the Bolsa de Valores de Colombia in July 2001. Contrary ...
Determinantes del rendimiento académico en Colombia: pruebas ICFES Saber 11º, 2009
(2011-04-25)
In this paper, we use the results obtained by students in math and language test ICFES Saber 11th of the second half of 2009, the aim is to identify the determinants of academic performance in Colombia. We use the Generalized ...
Human capital and growth in japan since 1970: converging to the steady state in a 1% world.
(2014-11-20)
Annual growth in GDP/adult in Japan has declined from over 10% in 1969 to an average of 1% since the financial crisis in 1991. I show that a dynamic Solow growth model, augmented with human capital, weekly labor-hours, ...
A Multi-Stage Almost Ideal Demand System: the case of beef demand in Colombia
(2012-10-22)
The main objective in this paper is to obtain reliable long-term and
short-term elasticities estimates of the beef demand in Colombia using
quarterly data since 1998 until 2007. However, complexity on the decision
process ...
An ordered categorical response model with endogenous switching: Simulation Exercises and an Application to State Health
(2011-05-02)
We develop and estimate a full information maximum likelihood ordered categorical response model with endogenous switching. Simulation exercises show that estimated parameters are unbias and consistent. And application to ...
The effect of social spending on income inequality: An analysis for Latin American countries.
(2010-05-18)
Using a panel dataset from 1980 to 2000 this paper analyzes the determinants of income inequality in Latin American countries with special attention paid to education, health, and social security expenditures. I build on ...
The contribution of wealth concentration to the subprime crisis: a quantitative estimation.
(Universidad EAFIT, 2011-11-16)