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Impacto de los cambios de precios relativos en pobreza y desigualdad en Colombia: 1998-2007

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  • Francisco Javier Lasso Valderrama

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Al estimar los índices sociales de precios plutocráti-co y democrático para Colombia, con base en infla-ciones individuales, se encuentra evidencia del efecto anti-pobre de los cambios de precios relativos ocurri-dos entre diciembre de 1998 y diciembre de 2007, y de su regresividad con respecto a la distribución del ingreso. En los anos 2001, 2002 y 2007, cuando los incrementos anuales de los precios de los alimentos estuvieron por encima de los incrementos nacionales, la inflación se tornó regresiva a la distribución del in-greso. En 2000 y 2003, cuando sucedió lo contrario, la inflación de los alimentos se puso por debajo de la nacional, se volvió progresiva frente a la distribución del ingreso. En promedio, por un incremento de 3,5% en los precios de los alimentos (manteniendo los de-más precios constantes) la inflación nacional aumenta en 1%, lo que genera aumentos en pobreza de 0,62 y en pobreza extrema de 0,14 puntos porcentuales. En términos relativos, el porcentaje de la pobreza extrema aumenta en 2,9%, mientras que el de la pobreza solo llega al 1,6%.

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  • Francisco Javier Lasso Valderrama, 2008. "Impacto de los cambios de precios relativos en pobreza y desigualdad en Colombia: 1998-2007," Revista ESPE - Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000107:005809
    DOI: 10.32468/Espe.5704
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    Keywords

    números índices y su agregación; índice plutocrático; índice democrático; distribu-ción del ingreso; pobreza; inequidad; inflación.;
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    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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