Determinación de la pobreza en el cantón Cuenca en base a información primaria, período 2012

Abstract

This research aims to provide empirical evidence to the problem of poverty in the Cuenca city, in specific to identify the determinants of poverty in the urban and rural household consumption in the period 2012 through gathering information that will allow us to perform an empirical contrast using econometric estimation models.

Two econometric models for each area was used to estimate in two stages, the first stage corresponds to a Log-lin(linear logarithmic) model that measures the percentage change in the level of consumption per capita of households against the set of variables raised in theory, the second stage model is a model of probability (Logit) which measures the probability that a household is poor for consumption according to the parameters found as determinants of consumption in the first stage model.

Results found as determinants of poverty in the urban area are: children 0 to 5 years, children 6-11 years, adult, rate of economic dependence, number of recipients of income, level of education of the head (a) household, occupation of the household head, durable, cell phone access and index the number of people with internet access.

For the Rural area are: children 0 to 5 years, rate of economic dependence, access to basic services, access to financial services, receiver of remittances, bond Receptor of human development and migration.