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Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Household Surveys

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Leonardo Gasparini (Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
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This paper reports information on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean computed from a sample of more than 50 household surveys from 20 LAC countries from 1989 to 2001. Although the core of the statistics is on household income inequality, we also report results on aggregate welfare and polarization. Inequality has moderately increased in South America in the last decade. The two main exceptions are Argentina, with a very large inequality increase, and Brazil, where inequality actually decreased. Changes have been small in Central America and the Caribbean. Aggregate welfare has increased in most countries fueled by economic growth and despite unequalizing distributional changes.

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Article provided by Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata in its journal Económica.

Volume (Year): LI (2005)
Issue (Month): 1-2 (January-December)
Pages: 29-57
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Keywords: Inequality; distribution; income; wages; education; Latin America; Caribbean;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General Welfare
J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends and Forecasts
J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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