The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from the use of these indicators, and explore what`s behind the numbers, and what information they...

(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo se presentan técnicas de simulación microeconómica para analizar qué es lo que hay detrás de las diferencias en la desigualdad de un país a otro. La simulación descompone las diferencias de desigualdad de un país a otro en la...

(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) El uso de indicadores de la distribución del ingreso en la obra publicada sobre Economía ha venido aumentado considerablemente en los últimos años. En este trabajo se emplean encuestas de hogares de 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe, para...

(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo se propone que no hay país en América Latina del que se pueda afirmar que la desigualdad del ingreso se haya reducido durante la década del 90. Este hecho se documenta en los 15 países en los cuales se dispone de encuestas de hogares...

This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality improved during the 1990s. We document this fact for the 15 countries where comparable household surveys, covering most of the population, are available. What we observe are genuine...

This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the importance of individual decisions, such as fertility, mating, labor force participation, and...

Poverty is present in all modern societies. Even in the richest countries in the world, few would disagree that some individuals have unacceptably low living standards. [1] How to address this problem, however, is still unclear. Recently, an old debate has been revived: is the solution to...

The effects of market and policy reforms on poverty and inequality in Latin America have been of considerable concern. The region continues to have relatively great income inequalities. Two different societies with the same income distribution may have different levels of social welfare because...

(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) La enseñanza es un factor sumamente importante del desarrollo económico. Hay un gran cúmulo de obras empíricas publicadas sobre los factores que determinan el logro en la enseñanza. La mayor parte de esa obra publicada, sin embargo, emplea datos...

Schooling is a major factor in economic development. There is extensive empirical literature on what determines schooling attainment. But most of this literature uses micro data to explore connections between schooling attainment and family background and experiences, local markets, local...