Social Programs and Socioeconomic Variables: Their Impact on Peruvian Regional Poverty (2013–2022)

J. Adolfo Hinojosa Pérez (), Hernán Ricardo Briceño Avalos, Ivonne Yanete Vargas Salazar and Sergio Christian Carrasco Mamani
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J. Adolfo Hinojosa Pérez: Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15081, Peru
Hernán Ricardo Briceño Avalos: Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15081, Peru
Ivonne Yanete Vargas Salazar: Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15081, Peru
Sergio Christian Carrasco Mamani: Escuela de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias de la Empresa, Universidad Continental, Huancayo 12000, Peru

Economies, 2024, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: The aim of this research is to establish the extent to which social programs and socioeconomic variables have been influencing poverty in the 24 Peru regions (2013–2022). The study is quantitative, non-experimental, and correlational. We use secondary data obtained from official sources such as the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as the Peruvian Institute of Economics. For estimations, we use the Generalized Method of Moments System and dynamic panel data. The results indicate that Juntos, Pensión 65, Qali Warma, and Trabaja Perú social programs, with p -values of 0.383, 0.715, 0.681, and 0.870, respectively, have not had favorable impacts on reducing poverty. On the contrary, negative coefficients for human capital and physical infrastructure mean that improving them will reduce poverty at the regional level. A year more in schooling for the population aged over 15 years reduces poverty between 1.7% and 1.2%. Increasing 10% of the proportion of national roads in paved condition reduces poverty levels between 1.9% and 2.4%.

Keywords: social programs; infrastructure; paved roads; human capital; poverty; economic and social development; dynamic panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E F I J O Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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