Estado de derecho, control de la corrupción y gasto público en educación, salud y servicios públicos en América Latina

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https://doi.org/10.32870/rc.v1i1.22

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Estado de derecho, Corrupción, América Latina, Gasto público

Resumen

El propósito de este artículo es mostrar algunos hechos estilizados en las relaciones entre Estado de derecho y control de la corrupción y el gasto público en América Latina. Para efectos de comparación, los dos primeros indicadores se denominan institucionales; los indicadores de gasto público capturan los porcentajes de PIB que se destinan a educación, salud y servicios públicos. El análisis comparado se realiza para un panel de dieciseís países latinoamericanos, entre los años 2000 y 2020. Utilizamos estadísticas descriptivas, correlaciones pairwise, regresiones de mínimos cuadrados ordinarios y estimadores de bondad de ajuste...

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30-05-2023

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Ruíz-Porras, A., & García-Vázquez, N. (2023). Estado de derecho, control de la corrupción y gasto público en educación, salud y servicios públicos en América Latina. RC RENDICION DE CUENTAS, (1). https://doi.org/10.32870/rc.v1i1.22

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