Determinantes de la pobreza multidimensional en el Ecuador y sus interrelaciones. Una aproximación a través de modelos de ecuaciones estructurales para los años 2009 y 2016

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the fundamental determinants of multidimensional poverty and its interrelations, incorporating variables that are not exclusively economic, but also factors that account for the socio-economic situation of each individual or household, from a series of deprivations at the multidimensional level. To this end, empirical evidence is generated for the years 2009 and 2016, based on information provided by the National Survey of employment, unemployment and underemployment-ENEMDU, presented by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses-INEC, using as a technical tool the structural equation modeling (SEM), being an extension of several techniques multivalent. Based on the empirical results, this tool has allowed design diagrams causal path between variables multidimensional determinants of poverty, as well as to establish the magnitude of the relationship between factors. In addition, analyzes its scope and robustness, focusing on the challenges of the information used and in the methodological issues involved in their construction and estimation. Finally, we discuss the different advantages and limitations when using this method, as a mechanism for the design of public policy formulation with improvement to reduce multidimensional poverty.