Concentration/Specialisation in Ecuador

Authors

  • Carlos Almeida Escuela Politécnica Nacional
  • Lilia Quituisaca-Samaniego Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Estadística
  • Luis Antamba Riesgos de crédito, ICESA S.A.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22370/pe.2019.8.2528

Keywords:

Economic concentration, economic specialization, territorial grouping

Abstract

This paper explores the heterogeneity of the economic structure of the small dam in Ecuador in order to relate economic activities in a geographical unit, as well as the distribution of the weights represented by each economic sector (manufacture, trade and services). The Hellinger distance between distributions is used to compare the economic structures and geographic distributions of the different sectors and activities of the economy, according to the ISIC 4.0 classification. To characterise an economy, the number of workers belonging to an economic sector in a geographical unit is used. Finally, these distances are used to make geographical groupings that preserve territorial continuity. The data source for the analysis is constituted by the records of the National Economic Census (CENEC, 2010) of the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC).

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Published

2020-12-07

How to Cite

Almeida, C., Quituisaca-Samaniego, L., & Antamba, L. (2020). Concentration/Specialisation in Ecuador. Economic Profiles, (8). https://doi.org/10.22370/pe.2019.8.2528

Issue

Perfiles Económicos n. 8 Dic. 2019

Section

Sección Artículos

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