Análisis de la incidencia de la pandemia COVID-19 en la desigualdad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to analyze the incidence of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequality in Guayaquil. Therefore, theories were raised regarding a pandemic, inequality, and their respective forms of measurement, in addition to the relationship between them. For this, the proposed research approach is mixed, that is, quantitative and qualitative. In addition, the research is descriptive and correlational. Also, two statistical models were applied to measure the impact of the pandemic on inequality in Guayaquil. The first one is a simple linear regression between the Covid-19 cases in Guayaquil and the Gini coefficient. In the second model, a multiple linear regression model was applied between the variables affected by the pandemic with the Gini coefficient, in which the incidence of the pandemic in the increase in inequality in Guayaquil was verified. As a main conclusion, it is determined that the increase in Covid-19 infections increases the inequality of Guayaquil, due to the fact that there was an increase in the unemployment rate, less access to education and health.