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- WILSON MAYORGA MOGOLLON
- OMAR DIAZ
Abstract
ResumenEn este trabajo se presenta una revisión acerca de la relación empírica entre desigualdad, medida por el Coeficiente de Gini, y el Crecimiento Económico, medido por la variación del PIB per cápita, para una muestra de países de América Latina.Se encontró evidencia relevante de que el nivel inicial de la senda de crecimiento es determinante del grado de desigualdad. El resultado contrario, es decir la desigualdad como determinante del crecimiento económico, no fue posible mostrarlo de manera empírica para la muestra de países de América Latina.AbstractGROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSISThis work presents a review about the empirical relation between inequality, measured by Gini´s Coefficient, and the Economic Growth also measured by the variation of the GDP per capita, of a sample taken from Latin America countries.It was found a strong relevant evidence on which the initial level of growth is a determinant phase of the degree of inequality. The opposite result, that is to say, the inequality as determinant of the economic growth, it was not possible to be shown in an empirical way for Latin Americancountries.ResumoCRESCIMENTO E DESIGUALDADE NA AMÉRICA LATINA: UMA ANÁLISE EMPÍRICAEste artigo apresenta uma revisao sobre a relacao empírica entre desigualdade, medida pelo coeficiente de Gini, e o Crescimento Economico, medido pela variacao do PIB per capita, para uma amostra países latino-americanos.Foi encontrada evidencia relevante que o nível inicial da trajetória de crescimento é a determinacao do grau de desigualdade. O resultado oposto, ou seja, a desigualdade como um fator determinante do crescimento economico nao foi possível demonstrar empiricamente para a amostra de países da América Latina.RésuméCROISSANCE ET INÉGALITÉ EN AMERIQUE LATINE: UNE ANALYSE EMPIRIQUEDans ce travail on présente une révision a propos de la relation empirique entre l´inégalité, le coefficient de Gini et la Croissance Économique, mesuré par la variation du PIB par habitant, pour un échantillon des pays d´Amérique Latine.On a trouvé d´évidence pertinente qui montre que le niveau de départ du chemin de croissance est déterminant du degré de difficulté. Le résultat contraire, c´est-a-dire l´inégalité comme déterminant de la croissance économique, n´a pas été possible de le démontrer d´une maniereempirique pour l´échantillon des pays d´Amérique Latine.
Suggested Citation
Wilson Mayorga Mogollon & Omar Diaz, 2010.
"Crecimiento y desigualdad en America Latina: un analisis empirico,"
Revista Criterio Libre, Universidad Libre - Sede Principal.
Handle:
RePEc:col:000370:006926
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