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Recent trends in income inequality in Latin America

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Leonardo Gasparini () (CEDLAS – Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
Guillermo Cruces () (CEDLAS – Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
Leopoldo Tornarolli () (CEDLAS – Universidad Nacional de La Plata)

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This paper documents patterns and recent developments on income inequality in Latin America (LA). New comparative international evidence confirms that LA is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen in the 2000s, suggesting a turning point from the substantial increases of the 1980s and 1990s. The fall in inequality is significant and widespread, but it does not seem to be based on strong fundamentals.

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Paper provided by ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality in its series Working Papers with number 132.

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Date of creation: 2009
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Handle: RePEc:inq:inqwps:ecineq2009-132

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Keywords: inequality; distribution; education; Latin America;

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C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods
D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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