BEHAVIOR OF INCOME AND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN THE HOUSEHOLDS OF BOLIVIA

Abstract

The objective of the research is to explain the behavior of the average income of households, the inequality in their distribution measured by the Gini coefficient and the relationship between these two variables in the period 2000 - 2015. Structured panel data is used of the statistical information of the household survey of the National Institute of Statistics; likewise, econometric models of fixed effects and random affects are estimated. It is concluded that initially there is an inverse relationship between household income and inequality, to then move to a positive direct relationship, an aspect that confirms that in the case of Bolivia despite the fact that in recent years the growth rates have been favorable, this has not allowed a better distribution of income in Bolivian households.