El primer año de TREES marzo 18, 2024 trees Divulgación, Noticias 2 Comments En este primer año de trabajo, construimos alianzas, logros y avances que constituyen la base y el comienzo de TREES como iniciativa. El... Continue reading
Claudia Goldin y la importancia de la perspectiva de género en los estudios económicos marzo 15, 2024 trees Noticias, Divulgación 2 Comments Claudia Goldin, economista estadounidense y destacada profesora de Harvard, hizo historia el 5 octubre de 2023 al convertirse en la... Continue reading
Complexity Global School febrero 19, 2024 trees Oportunidades 2 Comments Las postulaciones para la segunda versión del Complexity Global School, que se llevará a cabo en la Universidad de los Andes, Colombia,... Continue reading
La identidad gráfica de TREES febrero 6, 2024 trees Noticias 5 Comments Desde la creación de TREES, la conversación con otras disciplinas ha sido clave para encontrar posibilidades distintas de crear y comunicar... Continue reading
Into the tropics: Temperature, mortality, and access to health care in Colombia enero 18, 2024 trees Investigación 3 Comments This paper analyzes the relationship between temperature, mortality, and adaptation opportunities in a tropical country. Such countries... Continue reading
The socioeconomics of COVID and lockdowns outside advanced economies: the case of Bogota enero 18, 2024 trees Investigación 2 Comments Using Bogota’s system of socioeconomic division, the “strata”, we show that falling ill with a serious case of COVID has been over eight... Continue reading
Market Concentration, Market Fragmentation, and Inequality in Latin America enero 18, 2024 trees Investigación 2 Comments Inequality in Latin America is much higher than in Europe and the US. The income distribution in the region is also much more skewed,... Continue reading
EMEs and COVID-19: Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms enero 18, 2024 trees Investigación 2 Comments Emerging economies are characterized by an extremely high prevalence of informality, small-firm employment and jobs not fit for working... Continue reading
The Costs of Bureaucracy and Corruption at Customs: Evidence from the Computerization of Imports in Colombia enero 17, 2024 trees Investigación 3 Comments Customs face a difficult tradeoff between, on one side, collecting tariff revenues and preventing smuggling, and on the other side,... Continue reading
Protección económica en la vejez de las mujeres en Colombia enero 17, 2024 trees Investigación 4 Comments En este documento estudiamos la magnitud, las causas y consecuencias de las desigualdades de género que existen en el sistema previsional... Continue reading
Thermal stress and financial distress: Extreme temperatures and firms’ loan defaults in Mexico enero 17, 2024 trees Investigación 7 Comments The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are likely to increase with climate change. Although a growing body of literature... Continue reading
Weak State Trap enero 16, 2024 trees Investigación 2 Comments Development outcomes come in ‘clusters’ that seem difficult to exit. Using original data from Colombia, we present evidence... Continue reading