poverty and the size of the middle class. -- Inequality ; poverty middle class ; distribution ; non-parametrics ; Argentina. …We present a detailed description of the drastic changes in many aspects of the distribution of income in Argentina …, complementing a recent study by Gasparini and Cruces (2009), who focus mostly on inequality. We use modern descriptive tools to …

distributive effects were hidden by the apparent observed distribution stability between both years. The returns to education have …This paper analyses the changes in inequality occurred during the period 1998 - 2005. A set of results are presented in … order to contribute to a better understanding of the changes in inequality. The obtained results show that important …

, we cannot be sure whether the decline in inequality will continue. -- inequality ; decomposition ; education ; wages …We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an …

, we cannot be sure whether the decline in inequality will continue. -- Inequality ; Decomposition ; Education ; Wages …We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an …

This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records … from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education … returns to education for the period 2005-10 largest for the 5th and 10th percentiles. Inequality decreased from the lower to …

well as for theories about inequality, institutions, and politics more broadly. In this article, we present the first … multidimensional comparative analysis of the development of inequality in Sweden. Unlike most other studies, we combine a variety of … measures to provide a more comprehensive view of inequality. Our findings reveal that, although the share of income and wealth …

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over … possible rationale for recent inequality developments. …

, individual occupational choices and education decisions, we show that the distribution of incomes was being affected, on the one … hand, by a decline in average returns to both education and experience, a negative ?growth? effect and immiserizing changes … hand by an increase in educational endowments across the distribution, and a progressive reduction in dependency ratios …

wages, and declining labor informality, a confluence of factors that reduced earnings inequality. In the aftermath of the …Latin American countries have some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. However, earnings … inequality significantly changed over the last three decades, increasing during the 1980s and 1990s, declining sharply in the …

natural experiment in scale-related technological change. The resulting inequality changes are consistent with superstar … theory: the launch of a local TV station skews the entertainer wage distribution sharply to the right, with the biggest … impact at the very top of the distribution, while negatively impacting workers below the star level. The findings provide …