Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America

The aim of this article is to study whether development aid shows some empirical association with the polarization of income in Latin America. The main hypothesis to be verified is that aid flows, focused on people in the lowest income brackets, could generate lower polarization. To examine this eff...

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Autor principal: LARRÚ RAMOS, José María; Universidad CEU San Pablo
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Salamanca 2013
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Latin America; foreign aid; inequality; polarization
América Latina; ayuda al desarrollo; desigualdad; polarización
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/9935
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-011&d=article9935oai
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topic Latin America; foreign aid; inequality; polarization
América Latina; ayuda al desarrollo; desigualdad; polarización
spellingShingle Latin America; foreign aid; inequality; polarization
América Latina; ayuda al desarrollo; desigualdad; polarización
LARRÚ RAMOS, José María; Universidad CEU San Pablo
Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America
topic_facet Latin America; foreign aid; inequality; polarization
América Latina; ayuda al desarrollo; desigualdad; polarización
description The aim of this article is to study whether development aid shows some empirical association with the polarization of income in Latin America. The main hypothesis to be verified is that aid flows, focused on people in the lowest income brackets, could generate lower polarization. To examine this effect, the hypothesis is first inserted into a theoretical framework related to the transfer problem, and then define the indicator of income polarization and study their evolution in 18 countries between 1990 and 2009. This is followed by an econometric regression using the Generalized Method of Moments system estimator. The main result is that aid shows a significant positive association with the polarization, which is interpreted as a lack of effectiveness in its focus on the lowest income decile or an inability to counter-rising incomes in the highest decile of income. In addition, polarization also appears positively associated with public spending and remittances and negatively with Conditional Cash Transfers.
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title Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America
title_short Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America
title_full Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America
title_fullStr Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Polarization, inequality and development aid in Latin America
title_sort polarization, inequality and development aid in latin america
publisher Universidad de Salamanca
publishDate 2013
url http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/9935
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