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Comparación del gasto de los hogares colombianos entre 1997 y 2003, según resultados de las encuestas de calidad de vida : magnitud, composición y distribución
Fecha
2005Autor
Ramírez Gómez, Manuel
Muñoz, Manuel
Zambrano, Andrés
Institución
Resumen
The purpose of this study is to analyze the change in magnitude, composition and distribution of the households’ expenditure in 1997 and 2003, using quality of life surveys. The analysis shows a decrease in the per capita expenditure (23.9%), especially in urban zones and richer regions, which reflects the economic recession that the country lives since 1998. This unequal decrease leads to a better distribution and a change in the expenditure structure where the proportion of food expenses increase while the education and health ones reduces. In the paper we use descriptive statistics taking into account the quintiles by region and zones (rural and urban). Then, we make parametric and non-parametric estimations of the Engel curve for each group of commodities in order to identify their nature.