Incidencia de la inversión en tecnologías de la información en el crecimiento económico del Ecuador 2006-2019.

Abstract

The main objective of the research work is to study the relationship between investments in information technologies, education, and road infrastructure on the economic growth of Ecuador during the period between 2006 and 2020. It was carried out through the correlational research method of the variables to observe their relationship with each other. The research was carried out deductively and the research work involves panel data, since the study is about Ecuador and the countries of the Andean Community of Nations over time. This research is quantitative from secondary sources. The theoretical framework is developed based on the expected utility theory, scientific publications of our variables under study. Empirical studies from the last five years since this work presentation are taken into consideration, in favor of taking care of the scientific relevance of the argumentation of this work. The study investigates the impact of investments in information technology, education and road infrastructure on the economic growth of the Andean Community of Nations countries through data collection. The database was collected from official secondary sources in each country. Due to the proposed period, the information was collected annually, in such a way that it allows generating robust conclusions about the specific objectives set. The methods of fixed effects, random effects, fixed effects in time, common effects were used and the results conclude that investments in information and communication technologies and road infrastructure do not positively influence the economic growth of the Andean Community of Nations, the variable that positively affects growth in these countries is investment in education. Therefore, it is recommended to promote different improvements and research, to diagnose the common effect of these important variables for economies.