Recent trends in income inequality in Latin America

This paper documents patterns and recent developments on income inequality in Latin America (LA). New comparative international evidence confirms that LA is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen in the 2000s, suggesting a turning point from the substantial increases of the 1980s and 1990s. The fall in inequality is significant and widespread, but it does not seem to be based on strong fundamentals.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Gasparini, Leonardo ; Cruces, Guillermo ; Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Institutions:	Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ
Subject:	inequality \| distribution \| education \| Latin America

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 132 33 pages
Classification:	C15 - Statistical Simulation Methods; Monte Carlo Methods ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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