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Tendencias en desigualdad de ingreso y consumo en Bolivia: un cuento de hadas de gigantes empequeñeciendo y enanos. en crecimiento

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  • Eid, Ahmed

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  • Aguirre, Rodrigo

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Este trabajo documenta y describe la evolución de la desigualdad de ingreso y de consumo en Bolivia entre 1999 y 2011. Hemos podido encontrar que la desigualdad tanto en ingreso como en consumo, medida por el índice de Gini, cayó en 22% durante el periodo de análisis, convirtiendo a Bolivia en el país mas destacado de América Latina en lo que respecta a reducción de la desigualdad. Para hacer una descripción más completa de esta tendencia, hacemos análisis separados para el área urbana y para el área rural. Los cambios en la desigualdad urbana son conducidos por cambios en la parte mas alta de la distribución, tal que las ratios percentiles 90-50 de ingreso y de consumo cayeron 24%, en contra a una caída de 8% en la ratio 50-10, para el subperiodo 2005-2011. Los cambios en desigualdad rural ocurren a través de toda la distribución de un modo similar, pero son más intensos antes de 2005, cuando las ratios 90-50 y 50-10 cayeron 30 y 26% respectivamente.

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  • Eid, Ahmed & Aguirre, Rodrigo, 2013. "Tendencias en desigualdad de ingreso y consumo en Bolivia: un cuento de hadas de gigantes empequeñeciendo y enanos. en crecimiento," Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Economico, Carrera de Economía de la Universidad Católica Boliviana (UCB) "San Pablo", issue 20, pages 75-110, Noviembre.
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    Keywords

    Ingreso; desigualdad; consumo;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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