Crecimiento económico subnacional y redes de commuting en Ecuador: implicaciones para una política espacial de desarrollo

Abstract

The interaction between localities through commuting involves processes of spillover of knowledge, information, human and financial capital (Caragliu and Nijkamp, 2008; Goetz et al, 2010) that influence local economic growth. In this context, the research aims to analyze the impact of commuting networks on the subnational economic growth of townships from Ecuador, during the period 2014-2018. For this, estimate a growth model from Barro (1991), extended by: Goetz and Hu (1996), Pagoulatos et al. (2004), Rupasingha et al. (2002) and Goetz et al. (2010), for introduction of commuting variables, with methodology of robust Spatial Lag Model (SLM) and spatial Durbin model (SDM). The results show that distinction between short-term commuting, long-term commuting and overall commuting; Furthermore, commuting at all levels it is a complex commuting network, with spatial clusters of the degree and entropy of the network. Likewise, determined that town halls with highest in entropy and out entropy indices of commuters are those that experience the greatest economic growth in the period analyzed. In conclusion, commuting networks is phenomenon little studied in country, so their inclusion in territorial policy decision- making is fundamental for the incidence of systemic economic growth of town halls, especially for townships neighboring to development poles, considered central distribution nodes of the commuting network.