Distributive analysis using satellite data. The case of Argentina

Authors

  • Matías Ciaschi Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS). Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2288-0315

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2021.2116

Keywords:

Argentina, Poverty, Inequality, Satellite data

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to perform a distributive analysis using satellite data for Argentina. The use of this information has the advantage of permitting to observe welfare in areas not included in the Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH). This paper performs a comparative analysis on the evolution of poverty and inequality trends using both information sources, pointing out possible complementarities between them. More precisely, results suggest that both poverty and inequality are higher in areas not included in the household survey, despite these trends follows similar patterns compared to urban areas included in the EPH.

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2021-05-02

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Ciaschi, M. (2021). Distributive analysis using satellite data. The case of Argentina. Estudios económicos, 38(77), 5–38. https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2021.2116

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