Colonial mestizaje and its consequences for human capital and early twentieth century regional industrialization in Colombia

This paper quantitatively shows that the 1945 regional differences in the degree of development of manufacturing industry are explained by human capital accumulation prior to industrial development. Human capital accumulation was more intense in the regions with higher presence of non white free population - the "Free of all Colors" caste - at the end of the colonial times. Once the country began industrializing at the beginning of the twentieth century the former "Free of all Colors" regions were better prepared to adapt and to use the industrial technology and hence manufacturing industry rose with greater strength in those regions.

• Autores: España Eljaiek, Irina Rosa; Sánchez Torres, Fabio José
• Tipo de recurso: Work document
• Fecha de publicación: 2012
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8341
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8341
• Palabra clave: Industrialization; Human capital; Coffee; Gold; Foreign crises; Free population; Industrialización - Colombia - Siglo XX; Capital humano - Colombia - Siglo XX; N36, N66, N96, O18, O14
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/