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Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s : The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico / Nora Lustig
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lustig, Nora
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government transfers.
- Income inequality.
- Inequality.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Poverty Impact Evaluation.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Progressivity.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Skill premium.
- Latin America.
- Local Subjects:
- Government transfers.
- Income inequality.
- Inequality.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Poverty Impact Evaluation.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Progressivity.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Skill premium.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (28 pages)
- Other Title:
- Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2012
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Between 2000 and 2010, the Gini coefficient declined in 13 of 17 Latin American countries. The decline was statistically significant and robust to changes in the time interval, inequality measures, and data sources. In-depth country studies for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico suggest two main phenomena underlie this trend: a fall in the premium to skilled labor and more progressive government transfers. The fall in the premium to skills resulted from a combination of supply, demand, and institutional factors. Their relative importance depends on the country.
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