Income distribution, human capital and economic growth in Colombia

Colombian income distribution has followed a clear path during the last two decades: in the second half of the 1970s, human capital accumulation reduc ed the dispersion of income distribution, and lead to a period of stagnatio n between 1983 and 1990, when mobility declined. After the structural refor ms (a skill-bias technological change), the wage differential for skilled w orkers increased inequality by a polarization in the bi-modal distribution of income. These topics are discussed in the paper along some dynamic aspec ts of income and educational mobility in Colombia. (C) 2001 Published by El sevier Science B.V.