New Economics Papers
on Central and South America
Issue of 2008‒06‒13
two papers chosen by



  1. Fertility and Schooling: How this relation changed between 1995 and 2005 in Colombia By Luis Fernando Gamboa; Nohora Forero Ramírez
  2. Globalization, 1870-1914 By Guillaume Daudin; Matthias Morys; Kevin H. O'Rourke

  1. By: Luis Fernando Gamboa; Nohora Forero Ramírez
    Abstract: We test the existence of changes in the relationship between fertility and schooling in Colombia for women from 30 to 40 years old between 1995 and 2005. For our purpose, we use Poisson Regression Models. Our database is the Demographic and Health Survey from 1995 and 2005. We found a reduction in the fertility during this period and an increase in the educative level of the population. According to our results the total number of children a woman has, keeps an inverse relationship with her educative level, which may be explained by the effects of education on the knowledge of the fertility. We also find that the effect of an additional year of education in 1995 is higher than 2005. Besides, we also find that there are significant rural-urban differences in the determinants on fertility for Colombia’s women in the last decade. *** En este trabajo se pretende evaluar la existencia de cambios en la relación entre fecundidad y escolaridad en Colombia para mujeres de 30 a 40 años de edad entre 1995 y 2005. Para tal efecto se utilizan modelos de Poisson sobre la Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud 1995 y 2005. Se encuentra una reducción en la fecundidad durante el periodo y su relación inversa con la escolaridad, que puede ser explicada por el efecto de la educación sobre otras variables como el incremento en el conocimiento sobre los programas de control natal. Se encuentra además que el efecto de un año adicional de educación sobre la fecundidad es mayor en 1995 que en 2005. De otro lado, se encuentra que las diferencias entre zonas urbanas y rurales son significativas en la explicación de la fecundidad en Colombia durante la última década.
    Date: 2008–06–04
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:col:000092:004711&r=lam
  2. By: Guillaume Daudin; Matthias Morys; Kevin H. O'Rourke
    Abstract: This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.
    Keywords: Trade, Migration, Capital Flows, History
    JEL: N73 N33 N23
    Date: 2008
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oxf:wpaper:395&r=lam

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