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Distribución espacial de la pobreza en Chile

Chile's recent success in reducing poverty has been remarkable, with poverty rates falling by approximately two-thirds over the last 20 years. However, further gains against poverty may be inhibited by the increasing difficulty associated with targeting fewer poor people and better, more localized information may thus be required. Moreover, public policy that seeks to understand the relationship between poverty, socioeconomic status and urban or rural residence depends on survey data that may not be representative at low levels of aggregation; although censuses are representative by definition, they generally lack detailed income data. Recent mapping techniques combining census and survey data afford detailed descriptions of the spatial distribution of poverty. Indeed, such techniques enable the calculation of robust and statistically precise estimates of poverty at low levels of aggregation, allowing a more nuanced picture of poverty to emerge. In this paper we use such methodologies to produce consistent estimates of both rural and urban poverty at the county level in Chile. The results demonstrate considerable heterogeneity in local poverty, suggesting that future antipoverty policies must be targeted at the local level. Moreover, the estimates we provide may be used to further analyze the causes and consequences of localized poverty.

Sprache
Spanisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Estudios de Economía ; ISSN: 0718-5286 ; Volume: 35 ; Year: 2008 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 79-110 ; Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Thema
local poverty
poverty maps
Chile.
Armut
Räumliche Verteilung
Chile

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Agostini, Claudio A.
Brown, Philip H.
Góngora, Diana Paola
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía
(wo)
Santiago de Chile
(wann)
2008

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Agostini, Claudio A.
  • Brown, Philip H.
  • Góngora, Diana Paola
  • Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía

Entstanden

  • 2008

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