Análisis de inversión del gasto público en el sector educativo y su incidencia en el desarrollo y crecimiento económico ecuatoriano 2015 – 2020.

Abstract

The present research work aims to analyse the investment of public expenditure in education and its impact on the economic growth of Ecuador during the period 2015-2020, for which the application of two types of research was carried out, theoretical and descriptive, managing to cover both qualitative and quantitative aspects, through the use of an econometric model applying simple linear regression analysis in the SPSS statistical program. The results obtained show a direct relationship between public spending on education and GDP, with a significance level of 0.808, on the other hand, the budget execution within the education sector is exposed, complying with the provisions of the constitution of Ecuador, finally, it is established that spending has its contribution to economic growth, because, if one unit of GP of education is increased, this will mean an increase in GDP by 15,195 monetary units. It is concluded that the variables treated maintain a positive correlation, demonstrating that the hypothesis of the work is accepted, since public spending on education has an impact on the variation of Ecuador's GDP during the study period.