Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America

Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America

This work analyzes the impact of federal transfers and subnational expenditure in human development and interregional equity. Data on federal transfers and subnational spending in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, between 1983 and 2011, indicate that the redistributive power of the cen...

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Main Author: Lucas GONZÁLEZ
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2014-08-01
Series:América Latina Hoy
Subjects:
federalismo
desigualdad interregional
desarrollo
redistribución
Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/12001
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spelling doaj-78d792dd61274898a1083a9b328921852020-11-25T03:22:48ZspaEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaAmérica Latina Hoy1130-28872340-43962014-08-0167016719010.14201/alh20146716719011279Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin AmericaLucas GONZÁLEZ0Universidad Católica Argentina, Universidad Nacional de San MartínThis work analyzes the impact of federal transfers and subnational expenditure in human development and interregional equity. Data on federal transfers and subnational spending in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, between 1983 and 2011, indicate that the redistributive power of the central government is statistically associated with improvements in interregional equity but not with better values in the human development index. Exactly the opposite results are found for subnational social spending.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/12001federalismodesigualdad interregionaldesarrolloredistribución
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Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America
América Latina Hoy
federalismo
desigualdad interregional
desarrollo
redistribución
author_facet Lucas GONZÁLEZ
author_sort Lucas GONZÁLEZ
title Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America
title_short Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America
title_full Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America
title_fullStr Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in Latin America
title_sort federal transfers, interregional inequality and redistribution in latin america
publisher Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
series América Latina Hoy
issn 1130-2887
2340-4396
publishDate 2014-08-01
description This work analyzes the impact of federal transfers and subnational expenditure in human development and interregional equity. Data on federal transfers and subnational spending in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, between 1983 and 2011, indicate that the redistributive power of the central government is statistically associated with improvements in interregional equity but not with better values in the human development index. Exactly the opposite results are found for subnational social spending.
topic federalismo
desigualdad interregional
desarrollo
redistribución
url https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/12001
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