Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador
This paper contributes to the analysis of spatial poverty in Ecuador by deepening the understanding of the constraints faced by the poor in the country through an investigation of the role of portable characteristics (human capital) and geography i...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091029215837 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4293 |
| Summary: | This paper contributes to the analysis
of spatial poverty in Ecuador by deepening the understanding
of the constraints faced by the poor in the country through
an investigation of the role of portable characteristics
(human capital) and geography in explaining welfare. At the
national level, the results indicate that these
characteristics explain 72 percent of the differences in
welfare level between urban and rural areas, while returns
to these characteristics account for 28 percent of the
difference. Comparing a leading and a lagging region, such
as the coast versus the Amazon, the characteristics explain
about 90 percent of the welfare differential in urban areas,
while the returns explain about 30 percent of the welfare
differential in rural areas. Among the characteristics
analyzed, education is the most important variable for
explaining differences in living conditions between urban
and rural areas in Ecuador. |
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