MONCARZ PEDRO ESTEBAN
Congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The role of federal transfers in regional convergence in human development indicators in Argentina
Autor/es:
CAPELLO, MARCELO; FIGUERAS, ALBERTO; FREILLE, SEBASTIAN; MONCARZ, PEDRO ESTEBAN
Lugar:
Mar del Plata
Reunión:
Congreso; XLVI Reunión Anual de la AAEP; 2011
Institución organizadora:
Asociación Argentina de Economía Política
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.
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.
