Incidencia de la desigualdad del ingreso en el bienestar social de las provincias del Ecuador según el enfoque de Atkinson. 2003, 2007, 2011

Abstract

This work has as main objective to determine the relationship between changes in income inequality and social welfare of the provinces of Ecuador, considering the theory proposed by Atkinson (1970) to quantify the percentage of income "wasted" as result of inequality, and valued in terms of a social welfare function. From this, and considering that in Ecuador predominate disparities in living standards arising mainly from the unequal distribution of income, and the concentration of resources, there is a need to assess the relationship between these two variables for the years 2003, 2007 and 2011. Once estimated inequality indicators and respective welfare, it confirmed the relationship posed theory: an increase in inequality of income distribution implies a deterioration of social welfare in the Ecuadorian provinces.