This research approaches the poverty determinants from a macroeconomic perspective in Bolivia. The identity proposed by Bourguignon is analyzed; it simultaneously considers the economic growth and distribution effects on poverty. For this objective the considered literature relates macroeconomic...

We analyze the effect of some circumstances, i.e. exogenously determined individual characteristics, over individual income and likewise over achieved years of education. Gathering information for Bolivia and applying the theoretical scheme of Equality of Opportunity, this paper identifies as...