Desigualdad regional en el Ecuador

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to relate the level of inequality in income distribution along with the level of economic dynamism, from a provincial perspective in Ecuador, during the 2007-2014 period. To achieve this, using tools such as the National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, made by the National Institute of Statistics and Census, simultaneously with the Provincial Accounts published by Central Bank of Ecuador, the Gini coefficients and indicators of economic dynamism were estimated for each territory. The results show, on the one hand, a volatile behavior of the inequality that, generally speaking, has tended to decrease during the period studied and the other hand is noted that the term "dynamic territories" lies on few provinces, especially those where there is a high concentration of production. By linking the two variables shows that higher levels of inequality are at less productive areas, while in more dynamic spaces opposite is true. Keywords: Ecuador, Gini coefficient, economic dynamism