MONCARZ PEDRO ESTEBAN
Congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The role of federal transfers in regional convergence in human development indicators in Argentina
Autor/es:
MARCELO CAPELLO; ALBERTO FIGUERAS; SEBASTIAN FREILLE; PEDRO E. MONCARZ
Lugar:
Gottingen y Merseburg
Reunión:
Congreso; X Arnoldshain Seminar; 2011
Institución organizadora:
University of Gottingen / International Society for Comparative Economic Studies
Resumen:
In this paper we analyse regional convergence between Argentine provinces in well-being indicators for the period 1970-2001. More specifically, we examine the role of regional public policy in reducing the development gap between the provinces. We find strong evidence of conditional convergence in well-being indicators. However, we find no evidence that redistributive transfers from the federal government to the provinces have had a positive effect on convergence in these indicators. In fact, we find that for some schooling, health and housing measures, the effect of federal transfers on improvement rates has been negative.