Estudio de la igualdad de acceso a la educación general por grupos de edad y áreas geográficas en el Ecuador y su relación con la equidad de la distribución de ingresos en el período 2000-2014

Abstract

This research analyzes the relationship between income distribution inequality and education distribution inequality in Ecuador for the period 2000-2014. For this purpose, a multidimensional inequality index proposed by Abdelkrim Araar (2009), was used. This index takes into account the unidimensional inequality and the multidimensional inequality. The data for calculation was obtained from the Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, Desempleo y Subempleo (ENEMDU). Results have shown that the multidimensional inequality has diminished and that it is justified by disparities in the distribution of education. Additionally, results indicate that inequality in the distribution of education has experienced a large reduction which significantly influenced the decrease of multidimensional inequality.