Estimated rate of agency, the case of the city of San Jose de Cucuta (Colombia)

Authors

  • Jorge Raúl Ramírez Zambrano Docente Temporal-TCO Director de Observatorio Socioeconómico Regional de la Frontera OSREF Departamento de Economía Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Universidad de Pamplona-Colombia
  • Ana Yarima Arias
  • Carolina Marulanda Ascanio

Keywords:

agency index, capabilities, development, freedom, operation

Abstract

This article aims to estimate the rate of human agency for the city of San Jose de Cucuta (Colombia) in 2013, in order to establish that an analysis of this relationship in terms of demographic and socio-economic factors of the study population. The estimation and analysis are based on the focus of human capabilities (ECH), which was developed by Amartya Sen. The results suggest the existence of significant influence between socioeconomic conditions on the rate of human agency, emphasizing that the agency is a concept of intrinsic value with empirical connections with the freedoms and capabilities.

Author Biography

Jorge Raúl Ramírez Zambrano, Docente Temporal-TCO Director de Observatorio Socioeconómico Regional de la Frontera OSREF Departamento de Economía Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Universidad de Pamplona-Colombia

Economista y Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Sociales de la Universidad de Pamplona-Colombia. Especialista en Gestión Pública por la Escuela de Administración Pública-ESAP-Colombia. Profesor-Investigador Temporal, TCO, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Pamplona-Colombia, Profesor
Temporal, TCO, integrante del grupo GICEE de la misma Universidad.

Desde el 2010 la labor investigativa se ha centrado en desarrollar trabajos de investigación en las áreas de economía de la educación y laboral, así como la realización de estudios sobre la pobreza y el desarrollo regional.

Recientemente el autor creo el índice de desarrollo humano ajustado por informalidad laboral creando una variante en la variable logro educativo, el estudio se realizó para los departamentos colombianos.

 

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Published

2017-01-25

Issue

No. 18: JUL-DEC 2016

Section

Science article

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