Álvaro Riascos2026-03-222026-03-22201110.7764/laje.48.2.181https://doi.org/10.7764/laje.48.2.181https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/54937Citaciones: 3Using modern growth theory, we estimate Colombian total-factor productivity relative to the United Kingdom's for the last 200 years in order to match observed income differences.Our results show Colombia's remarkably inefficient use of technology relative to a country that is a leader in this regard and provide quantitative estimates of the proximate causes of relative income differences between the two economies.enTotal factor productivityEconomicsDevelopment economicsarticle