Crecimiento económico, concentración del ingreso y reducción de la pobreza: Evidencia en Ecuador de la Hipótesis de Bourguignon

The present investigation analyzes the effects of economic growth, measured with household per capita income, and income inequality, measured with Gini coefficient, on the incidence of poverty in Ecuador. During the period 2007-2017, using data from the Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, Desempleo y Subem...

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Main Authors: Villarruel Meythaler, Ramiro Efraín, Echeverría Villafuerte, David, Bedoya Ramos, Mónica Andrea, Moreta Saraguro, Evelyn Sofía
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Pobreza
crecimiento económico
desigualdad
ingreso
modelo de regresión
Poverty
economic growth
inequality
income
logarithmic regression model
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7903601
Source:Killkana sociales: Revista de Investigación Científica, ISSN 2528-8008, Vol. 4, Nº. 3, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Revista Killkana Sociales), pags. 7-16
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Crecimiento económico, concentración del ingreso y reducción de la pobreza: Evidencia en Ecuador de la Hipótesis de Bourguignon
Summary: The present investigation analyzes the effects of economic growth, measured with household per capita income, and income inequality, measured with Gini coefficient, on the incidence of poverty in Ecuador. During the period 2007-2017, using data from the Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, Desempleo y Subempleo -ENEMDU-, it was shown that variations in economic growth and income inequality do have a significant impact on poverty. By calculating the elasticities, provided by the estimation of a multiple logarithmic regression model at the national and provincial levels, it was determined that the Gini coefficient turns out to be more elastic than the per capita income of households compared to poverty in the country and most of the provinces. According to the Bourguignon Hypothesis (2004), this implies that the distributive and redistributive policies in the country are more effective in ending poverty due to the levels of inequality that Ecuador has. However, such a situation does not mean that economic growth policies should be ignored, which are also necessary for the generation of resources that allow the achievement of national objectives.

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