Variation of Basic Indicators Index of Human Desenvolvilmento Latin American Countries in the Period 2007-2010: a decomposition using the Shift-Share Methodology

This article presents the variation of health indicators, education and income, basic components of the Human Development Index (HDI), which, we use Latin America as a region and the countries that compose and local, was found in Latin American countries that some of these indicators were variation, caused by the economic crisis that affected the world in greater and lesser intensity. This was done using the method shift-share elements that decompose the HDI, one can see variations in their components, thus it is divided into quadrants countries in accordance with the degree of variation between these countries suffer 2007 and 2010. It is hoped, explained that although the crisis has affected Latin America through economic especially regarding the export of commodities, this implies affect other social sectors, in the case, health, education and income.