documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal … contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed …, extending their economic results to include different measures of inequality as outcomes. …

This study explores the evolution of inequality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic using primary data … available from household and employment surveys collected in 2020. Inequality increased on average by 2 percent between 2019 and … 2020, twice the average annual growth in the inequality indicator that marked the decade of growing inequality in the 1990s …

governments are likely to encourage the development of LTC programs as demand for them steadily grows. In particular, policymakers … natural starting points to start thinking about LTC program development in the region. …

governments are likely to encourage the development of LTC programs as demand for them steadily grows. In particular, policymakers … natural starting points to start thinking about LTC program development in the region. …

This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp … for the process of reduction in inequality, but do not fully account for the fall in within-skill variance. Evidence using …

features that seem to determine development depends on the workings of political institutions, which define how the …