Analysis of the Distribution of the Bovine Stock in Argentina: Concentration, Inequality and Clustering

The bovine meat sector in Argentina has been showing various changes in recent years. Two of the most relevant are the increase in the bovine stock and the decrease in the number of producing establishments, which could imply a process of production growth with concentration. The objective of this w...

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Main Authors: Perez, Santiago Agustín, Ferro Moreno , Santiago
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas 2023
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/acteconomica/article/view/44324
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Summary:The bovine meat sector in Argentina has been showing various changes in recent years. Two of the most relevant are the increase in the bovine stock and the decrease in the number of producing establishments, which could imply a process of production growth with concentration. The objective of this work is to carry out an analysis on the inequality and concentration of cattle and bovine establishments in the provinces of Argentina in the period 2012-2021. For this, the GINI index and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index were built and obtained from the stratification of establishments, making a comparison of the evolution between the years raised. The results show that there is a good distribution of the stock by strata, but comparatively in the years there was an increase in inequality and concentration. Based on these two results, three groups of provinces could be formed.