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Resumen
Tradicionalmente, la agricultura ha sido la actividad económica 
principal de las comunidades rurales, sin embargo, existen otras 
fuentes de ingreso que aportan al gasto en bienestar familiar. Empero, 
se desconocen las dinámicas de estos ujos debido a la ausencia de 
estadísticas  ociales  para  poblaciones  pequeñas,  lo  cual  diculta 
su análisis en relación con la pobreza. El objetivo fue analizar la 
transición de los ingresos provenientes de las unidades de producción 
agropecuarias hacia las fuentes del sector servicios y remesas, 
mediante un modelo econométrico. Se tomó como caso de estudio la 
localidad rural “Eleodoro Dávila”, Filomeno Mata, Veracruz, México. 
En forma aleatoria, se aplicó un cuestionario al 33,33% de la población 
y con los datos obtenidos se construyó un modelo econométrico del 
gasto en bienestar familiar. La variable dependiente fue el gasto en 
bienestar familiar, mientras que las variables independientes fueron la 
diversidad de fuentes de ingresos. Se estimaron las elasticidades de las 
variables independientes. Se encontró que las actividades primarias y 
secundarias, los subsidios y las transferencias hogares contribuyen 
al bienestar familiar. Se halló que ante un incremento en 1% del 
ingreso proveniente de la producción pecuaria, se genera un cambio 
de 0,05% en el gasto en bienestar familiar, mientras que la producción 
agrícola genera 0,16%. El comercio, las remesas internacionales y 
nacionales generan los mayores efectos con 0,81%, 0,71% y 0,48% 
respectivamente. La situación que prevaleció durante el 2019-2020 en 
la comunidad de estudio permite concluir que el sector agropecuario 
ha perdido preponderancia como fuente principal de ingresos.  
Palabras clave: Modelo econométrico, remesas, gasto en bienestar. 
Resumo
Tradicionalmente, a agricultura tem sido a principal atividade 
econômica das comunidades rurais, no entanto, existem outras fontes 
de renda que contribuem para os gastos com o bem-estar familiar. No 
entanto, a dinâmica desses uxos é desconhecida devido à ausência 
de estatísticas ociais para pequenas populações, o que diculta sua 
análise em relação à pobreza. O objetivo foi analisar a transição da 
renda das unidades de produção agropecuária para fontes no setor de 
serviços e remessas, por meio de um modelo econométrico. Tomando 
como estudo de caso a localidade rural “Eleodoro Dávila” município 
de Filomeno Mata, Veracruz, México. Aleatoriamente, foi aplicado 
um questionário a 33,33% da população e com os dados obtidos 
foi construído um modelo econométrico de gastos com bem-estar 
familiar. A variável dependente foi o gasto com o bem-estar familiar, 
enquanto as variáveis   independentes foram a diversidade de fontes de 
renda. As elasticidades das variáveis   independentes foram estimadas. 
As atividades primárias e secundárias, os subsídios e as transferências 
familiares contribuem para o bem-estar da família. Constatou-se 
que um aumento de 1% na renda da produção pecuária gera uma 
variação de 0,05% nos gastos com o bem-estar familiar, enquanto 
a produção agrícola gera 0,16%. Comércio, remessas internacionais 
e nacionais geram os maiores efeitos com 0,81%, 0,71% e 0,48% 
respectivamente. A situação que prevaleceu durante 2019-2020 na 
comunidade em estudo permite-nos concluir que o setor agrícola 
perdeu preponderância como principal fonte de rendimento.
Palavras-chave: Modelo econométrico, remessas, gastos com bem-
estar.
Introduction
The concept of poverty is conceived as a condition in which 
the population is far from reaching a standard, social norm or state 
of optimal situation for its good development (ECLAC, 2018). 
Considering that the ability of a person to possess the elements of 
well-being does not only depend on whether they are free or have 
permission to acquire what they need, since a fundamental part is 
having the economic capacity to acquire them (Stezano, 2021).
As Sison (1995) indicates, economists associate well-being with 
per capita income, the level or quality of life of the inhabitants of a 
region.
In a general way, and despite the multidimensional and complex 
nature that it may have, it is said that poverty is a condition in which 
one or more people have a level of well-being below the minimum 
necessary for survival (Berneche, 2010, p. 31) 
Considering the above, Camelo (2001) indicates that “household 
income and spending are central elements for the evaluation and 
study of the living conditions of families” (p. 5). In order to evaluated 
it, several methodologies are used, one of them is the Poverty Line 
(LP) proposed by the National Council for the Evaluation of Social 
Development Policy (CONEVAL). It is an approach that classies a 
household as poor if its income or expenditure is less than the value 
of an LP. The latter represents the added value of all the goods and 
services considered essential to satisfy basic needs (a food basket and 
a non-food basket) (CONEVAL, 2019).
In this sense and taking into account that the food and non-food 
basket are considered essential for the good development of a person, 
it is concluded that this is nothing more than an expense in well-being 
and the poverty line is the possibility of be able to afford that expense.
In this way, Mora and Cerón (2015) point out that the expenditure 
made on the welfare of rural households comes from a total family 
income, and this in turn depends on various sources, either from 
productive units or from national remittances and international, trade, 
government programs, among others. So, knowing the diversity of 
sources of income for spending on welfare, it is possible to generate 
public policy proposals that can help improve the conditions of 
certain populations that require it.
In the same context, Gurusamy et al. (2018) indicate that “the 
importance of the study of the social well-being of households lies in 
the fact that the results can be used to propose specic intervention 
strategies, taking into account productive, socioeconomic and 
environmental characteristics” (p. 215).
However, the information on income and expenditure, which is 
exposed by the National Survey of Household Income and Expenses 
(ENIGH) of Mexico, is only displayed for populations greater 
than 2,500 inhabitants, leaving aside rural localities, which are 
characterized by being populations smaller than that. In this way, the 
lack of information at the local level of rural economies results in the 
difculty of recognizing the sources of income destined for spending 
on family welfare, which represents a problem for the analysis of 
these economies.
In this context, Mora and Cerón (2015) analyzed factors that 
inuence the diversication of activities, using data from the National 
Survey of Rural Households of Mexico (ENHRUM) of 2008, and in 
turn, determine the impact of this on the income of rural households 
in Mexico. They reveal that diversication of activities is the key for 
increasing income in rural households, which leads to the conclusion 
that public policies must be better focused, taking as a priority 
families with lower incomes.
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