This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality … have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep macroeconomic crisis and periods of openness and integration. The sizable … particular severity of the income distribution changes in Argentina. This paper was prepared for the Labor Markets and …

This study uses data from Malaysia's Household Income and Expenditure Surveys to quantify the importance of different … factors in accounting for the changes in Malaysia's income distribution between 1984 and 1989 ("Period 1") and between 1989 … factors accounting for rising mean income and falling poverty in the two periods. …

. In particular, this book highlights the pro-cyclical and anti-investment biases embedded in the region's fiscal policies …

This paper argues that the details of political institutions help explain the low levels of personal income taxation … 1990 and 2007, this paper finds that i) countries with historically more unequal distributions of wealth and income … lower shares of personal income taxes in GDP. present higher levels of legislative malapportionment, and ii) higher levels …

explicar la diferencia en la brecha del ingreso en los diferentes países de la región. En este proyecto se les solicitó a los … of the environment in development, income inequality and the economic conditions in Haiti. Throughout this project, the …

growth. If all countries pursue reforms to enable growth to accelerate by 1.5% on average, then the effect on the region as a … evidence of great potential to enhance growth in the region by reallocating existing resources. …

stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist … a tumultuous half-century in which the region went from backwater to breadbasket, from dictatorship to democracy, and … lecciones aprendidas y los hitos del Banco en materia de financiamiento y apoyo a la región, y demuestran que tanto hoy como …