Andrés Álvarez

Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics

Associate Professor

Calle 19A No. 1-37 Este

Bloque W, oficina W-816.

Bogota, D. C. 110311

Colombia

http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/alvarez

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1.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx: A Comparative Study of Two Critics to the Market Economy

Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 10, No. 18, First Semester 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Jul 2008
Andrés Álvarez and Jimena Hurtado
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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monetary theory, market economy, Rousseau, Marx

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Why Teach History of Economic Thought Today?

Documento CEDE No. 2010-28
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Nov 2010
Andrés Álvarez and Jimena Hurtado
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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History of Economic Thought, Teaching in Economics, Economic Theory

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The Quarrel of Development Experts: Lauchlin Currie and Albert O. Hirschman in Colombia

Documento CEDE No. 2017-39
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jun 2017
Andrés Álvarez, Andres Guiot and Jimena Hurtado
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Lauchlin Currie, Albert O. Hirschman, Colombia, Development economics, experts.

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De La Moneda Metálica Al Billete De Banco En Medellín Y Bogotá (1871-1885): Complementariedad Y Sustitución De Medios De Pago En Un Régimen De Banca Libre (From Metallic Money to Private Banknotes in Medellin and Bogota (1871-1885): Compelementarity and Substitution of Means of Payment in a Free Banking Regime)

Revista Tiempo & Economia, No. 1, Second Semester, 2014
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Mar 2015
Kelly Acuña Mantilla and Andrés Álvarez
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics
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Minting, Monetary History of Colombia, free banking, banknotes, money, Gresham’s Law

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Léon Walras on Industrial Regulation: Railroads as Economic and Moral State Monopolies

Documento FCE No. EE-14
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2010
Andrés Álvarez
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics
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L. Walras, Monopoly, Railroads, Economic Regulation

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Lockdown Policies on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America

Documento CEDE No. 21
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Apr 2021
Andrés Álvarez, Oscar Becerra, Catalina Bernal, Julio César Daly, Juliana Quigua and Yyannu Cruz-Aguayo
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Inter-American Development Bank
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Covid-19, poverty, inequality, Latin America, lockdown policies, simulations

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'Out of Sight, Out of Mind': Modern Economics, Social Interactions, and Smith’s Sympathy

Documento CEDE No. 2012-01
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Feb 2012
Andrés Álvarez and Jimena Hurtado
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Adam Smith, sympathy, emulation, exclusion

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50 Years of Job Vacancies in Colombia: The Case of Bogota, 1960-2010

Documento CEDE No. 2012-12
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jul 2012
Andrés Álvarez and Marc Hofstetter
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes
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vacancy rate, unemployment, Beveridge curve, labor market, Colombia

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El rompecabezas de la protección social en un mercado laboral con alta informalidad: análisis de un siglo de reformas en Colombia (The Puzzle of the Social Protection System in a Highly Informal Labor Market: Analysis of a Century of Reforms in Columbia)

Documento CEDE No. 55
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 18 Jan 2022
Andrés Álvarez and Marta Juanita Villaveces Niño
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and National University of Colombia
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seguridad social, mercado laboral, salario mínimo, informalidad, pensiones, costos laborales, seguro de desempleo; social security, labor market, minimum wage, informality, retirement pensions, labor costs, unemployment insurance

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Job Vacancies in Colombia: 1976-2012

Documento CEDE No. 2013-57
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Andrés Álvarez and Marc Hofstetter
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes
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Vacancies, Help-wanted index, unemployment, Beveridge curve, labor market, Colombia

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Birth Rates, Factor Shares, and Growth

Documento CEDE No. 2019-20
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2019
Andrés Álvarez, Camilo Gomez, Hernando Zuleta and Camilo Acosta
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Universidad EAFIT - School of Economics and Finance - Center for Research in Economic & Finance (CIEF)
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birth rates, factor shares, growth, biased innovations

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Bequests, Imperfections in Factor Markets, and Long-Run Inequality: A Theoretical Assessment of Piketty

Documento CEDE No. 2019-45
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Dec 2019
Andrés Álvarez, Camilo Gomez and Hernando Zuleta
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Inequality, growth, bequests, factor shares, Piketty

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Comparative Views on L. Walras and A. Cournot on the Regulation of Paper Money: Rules Vs. Discretion at the End of the XIXth Century

Documento FCE No. EE - 12
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Feb 2010
Andrés Álvarez
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics
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B13, B31, E58, E4

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L. Currie and A. O. Hirschman on Development as a Problem of Decision Making

Documento CEDE No. 2018-01
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Feb 2018
Andrés Álvarez and Andres Guiot
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Lauchlin Currie, Albert O. Hirschman, Colombia, Development economics, Political Economy

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The Persistence of Segregation in Education: Evidence from Historical Elites and Ethnic Surnames in Colombia

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 19 Sep 2023
Juliana Jaramillo-Echeverri and Andrés Álvarez
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidad de los Andes - Department of Economics
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education, Segregation, persistence, Assortative mating, Colombia