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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okr-10986-42932021-04-23T14:02:17Z Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Tinajero, Monica ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE BABIES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS GEOGRAPHIC AREAS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAP INEQUALITY LAGGING REGION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARRIED COUPLE MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PROGRESS PUBLIC GOODS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL SCIENCE REGIONAL STUDY RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL SECTOR RURAL SECTORS SANITATION SCHOOLING SEX SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STANDARD ERRORS TEENAGERS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR WELFARE LEVEL 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. 2012-03-19T19:13:26Z 2012-03-19T19:13:26Z 2009-10-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5104 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Ecuador |
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ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE BABIES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS GEOGRAPHIC AREAS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAP INEQUALITY LAGGING REGION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARRIED COUPLE MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PROGRESS PUBLIC GOODS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL SCIENCE REGIONAL STUDY RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL SECTOR RURAL SECTORS SANITATION SCHOOLING SEX SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STANDARD ERRORS TEENAGERS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR WELFARE LEVEL |
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ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE BABIES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS GEOGRAPHIC AREAS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAP INEQUALITY LAGGING REGION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARRIED COUPLE MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PROGRESS PUBLIC GOODS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL SCIENCE REGIONAL STUDY RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL SECTOR RURAL SECTORS SANITATION SCHOOLING SEX SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STANDARD ERRORS TEENAGERS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR WELFARE LEVEL Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Tinajero, Monica Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador |
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Ecuador |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5104 |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Tinajero, Monica |
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Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Tinajero, Monica |
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Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys |
| title |
Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador |
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Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador |
| title_full |
Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador |
| title_fullStr |
Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador |
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poverty in latin america : sources of welfare disparities in ecuador |
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2012 |
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