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¿Qué Factores Determinan El Desempleo? Una Aproximación Espacial Con Datos A Nivel Cantonal En El Ecuador. 2001-2010

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  • Violeta Alexandra ALVAREZ
  • Christian Iván LARGO
  • César Andrés MENDOZA

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El artículo analiza los determinantes del desempleo en el Ecuador desde una perspectiva espacial, utilizando información de 217 cantones obtenida de los censos de población y vivienda del año 2001 y 2010. La estrategia empírica empleada fue la estimación de modelos de corte transversal y datos de panel espaciales, considerando variables relacionadas con la estructura productiva y comercial, las características demográficas y de conocimiento. Los principales hallazgos muestran la existencia de autocorrelación espacial lo que sugiere que la tasa de desempleo de un cantón está influenciada también por las tasas de sus cantones vecinos a través del efecto derrame espacial. This study uses the 2001 and 2010 population and housing censuses with information from 213 cantons and 4 non-delimited areas of Ecuador to analyze the determining factors that affect unemployment. In developing the proposal, cross-sectional models and panel data are used, and a spatial panel data methodology is emphasized to find these determinants, as well as the spillover effects of unemployment. The variables considered are related to the productive and commercial structure, the demographic characteristics and those of knowledge. The main findings show the existence of spatial autocorrelation, which suggests that the unemployment rate of a canton is also defined by the rates of its neighboring cantons through the spill-over effect.

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  • Violeta Alexandra ALVAREZ & Christian Iván LARGO & César Andrés MENDOZA, 2023. "¿Qué Factores Determinan El Desempleo? Una Aproximación Espacial Con Datos A Nivel Cantonal En El Ecuador. 2001-2010," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 23(1), pages 73-96.
  • Handle: RePEc:eaa:eerese:v:23:y2023:i:1_5
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    Keywords

    Desempleo regional; derrame espacial; Panel especial. Regional unemployment; spatial spillovers; Spatial Panel.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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