Abstract

CHACON ESPEJO, Susana Katherine  and  PAREDES ARAYA, Dusan. Desigualdad espacial de ingresos en Chile y su relación con la concentración de capital humano. El trimestre econ [online]. 2015, vol.82, n.326, pp.351-377. ISSN 2448-718X.

The spatial income inequality in Latin American countries is a recent academic affair. Particularly, the case of Chile highlights around the world because it has one of the highest individual and spatial inequality rates. This article analyzes the spatial income inequality in Chile during 1992-2011 evaluating the role of the spatial labor sorting through multilevel models. The findings show that human capital doesn’t allocate randomly across the space, but its spatial concentration at the biggest urban centers impacts significantly the income inequality between counties. These findings motivate the discussion about spatial dimension of the inequality and suggest that policymakers should consider ways to spread human capital throughout the nation as an alternative to reduce spatial inequality.

Keywords : desigualdad espacial de ingresos; localización espacial; capital humano; regresión multinivel.

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