Poverty among Older People and Social Pension in Ecuador: The Impact of the Human Development Bonus on Consumption

Paola Floril Anangonò () and Miguel Malo
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Paola Floril Anangonò: University of Salamanca, Spain

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2023, vol. 131, issue 2, 291-311

Abstract: In this article, we estimate the impact of the non-contributory social pension known as Bono de Desarrollo Humano (Human Development Bonus) on the consumption of poor older people in Ecuador. We use data from the latest Living Conditions Survey, carried out between 2013 and 2014, and apply propensity score matching to estimate the impact of the programme. The estimations show that the pension negatively affects different types of consumption. These results suggest that the social pension does not contribute to a reduction in consumption poverty (based on food, medicine, and health services consumption indicators) among older people in Ecuador. Nevertheless, it helps many people who have no access to social insurance to obtain some income in their old age.

Keywords: social pension; older people; evaluation; propensity score matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 I38 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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