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Diversidad económica regional y desempeno socioeconómico en las provincias del Ecuador (período 2014-2018)

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  • Rodríguez, Wilson Santiago Izquierdo

    (Universidad Católica de Cuenca)

  • Velecela, PaolaAlexandra Carangui

    (Universidad Católica de Cuenca)

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El presente artículo tiene como objetivo estimar el efecto de la diversidad económica regional sobre las condiciones socioeconómicas en las provincias del Ecuador, tomando como referencia el período 2014-2018. La investigación es de tipo explicativa, con diseno documental, no experimental, transversal y emplea como métodos de análisis los enfoques analítico-sintético y cuantitativo-empírico. Las estimaciones econométricas efectuadas con datos de corte transversal de las 24 provincias del Ecuador, con el método de Mínimos Cuadrados Ordinarios, sugieren efectos positivos del coeficiente de especialización regional y del índice de concentración sobre la volatilidad observada en el ingreso y en el crecimiento. Así mismo, la especialización regional se asocia con una mayor tasa de pobreza, mientras que hay una relación inversa entre especialización y concentración con la tasa promedio de crecimiento de las provincias. El estudio permitió concluir, en primer lugar, que la planificación del desarrollo exige la reducción de las heterogeneidades productivas que presenta una economía como Ecuador y, en segundo lugar, que los beneficios del desarrollo sólo serán ampliamente percibidos por la población en la medida que las regiones diversifican su actividad económica. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** This article aims to estimate the effect of regional economic diversity on socioeconomic conditions in the provinces of Ecuador, taking as a reference the period 2014-2018. The research is explanatory, with a documentary, non-experimental, cross-sectional design, and uses analytical-synthetic and quantitative-empirical approaches as analysis methods. Econometric estimates made with cross-sectional data from the 24 provinces of Ecuador, using the Ordinary Least Squares method, suggest positive effects of theregional specialization coefficient and the concentration index on the volatility observed in income and growth. Likewise, regional specialization is associated with a higher poverty rate, while there is an inverse relationship between specialization and concentration with the average growth rate of the provinces. The study allowed to conclude, firstly, that development planning requires the reduction of the productive heterogeneities that an economy such as Ecuador presents and, secondly, that the benefits of development will only be widely perceived by the population to the extent that the regions diversify their economic activity.

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  • Rodríguez, Wilson Santiago Izquierdo & Velecela, PaolaAlexandra Carangui, 2022. "Diversidad económica regional y desempeno socioeconómico en las provincias del Ecuador (período 2014-2018)," Revista Tendencias, Universidad de Narino, vol. 23(1), pages 87-116, January.
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    Keywords

    concentración económica; desarrollo económico; desarrollo regional; estructura económica; geografía económica;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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