Keywords
regional convergence;
segregation
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Abstract
In the last decade, the number of high profile individuals present in the main cities of Colombia has increased. In this ocument, evidence about the divergence in the accumulation of human capital among some Colombian cities from the Caribean zone
and other cities such as Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Bucaramanga and Cúcuta is looked for. Through the statistic and econometric data analysis of segregation and attraction measures of human capital, it has been found that for the Colombian Caribean zone, there is some evidence of a convergence in the accumulation of human capital, which contradicts the statements of Christopher Berry and Edward Glaeser on their 2005 research paper.
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