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 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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Main Authors: Tinajero, Monica, Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Language:English
Published: 2009-10-01
Subjects: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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spelling dig-okr-1098642932024-08-08T16:17:42Z Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador Tinajero, Monica Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys 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 https://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 application/pdf text/plain
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topic 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
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
spellingShingle 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
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
Tinajero, Monica
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador
description 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.
topic_facet 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
author Tinajero, Monica
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_facet Tinajero, Monica
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_sort Tinajero, Monica
title Poverty in Latin America : Sources Of Welfare Disparities in Ecuador
title_short 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
title_sort poverty in latin america : sources of welfare disparities in ecuador
publishDate 2009-10-01
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