SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE

SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE

Between 1975 and 2000, annual per-capita GDP in Chile grew at 5%. Yet, regions did not benefit equally: poverty declined significantly in all regions but regional income inequality remained stagnant. We found that convergence in per-capita income and productivity levels is too slow to become a signi...

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Autores principales: Soto,Raimundo, Torche,Arístides
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2004
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Migration
Economic Growth
Convergence
Regional Analysis
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-682120040124000052005-04-01SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILESoto,RaimundoTorche,Arístides Migration Economic Growth Convergence Regional Analysis Between 1975 and 2000, annual per-capita GDP in Chile grew at 5%. Yet, regions did not benefit equally: poverty declined significantly in all regions but regional income inequality remained stagnant. We found that convergence in per-capita income and productivity levels is too slow to become a significant force in equalizing regional income. Lack of convergence is mostly associated with low levels of internal migration. This, in turn, is found to be largely the result of government policies, in particular, public housing. The efficient targeting of subsidies coupled with the prohibition to sell houses, tied families to their geographical location, inhibiting migrationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCuadernos de economía v.41 n.124 20042004-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-68212004012400005en10.4067/S0717-68212004012400005
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Migration
Economic Growth
Convergence
Regional Analysis
spellingShingle Migration
Economic Growth
Convergence
Regional Analysis
Soto,Raimundo
Torche,Arístides
SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE
description Between 1975 and 2000, annual per-capita GDP in Chile grew at 5%. Yet, regions did not benefit equally: poverty declined significantly in all regions but regional income inequality remained stagnant. We found that convergence in per-capita income and productivity levels is too slow to become a significant force in equalizing regional income. Lack of convergence is mostly associated with low levels of internal migration. This, in turn, is found to be largely the result of government policies, in particular, public housing. The efficient targeting of subsidies coupled with the prohibition to sell houses, tied families to their geographical location, inhibiting migration
author Soto,Raimundo
Torche,Arístides
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Torche,Arístides
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title SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE
title_short SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE
title_full SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE
title_fullStr SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE
title_full_unstemmed SPATIAL INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHILE
title_sort spatial inequality, migration and economic growth in chile
publisher Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
publishDate 2004
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