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...

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...

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...

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...

AThis paper presents income poverty and inequality estimates at the State and Municipal levels for Mexico. Our estimates allow for the mapping of poverty and inequality in the country, as well as for determining the specific contribution of each geographic unit to overall poverty. Additionally,...