Holdings: Decomposing the Recent Inequality Decline in Latin America

Decomposing the Recent Inequality Decline in Latin America

Over the past decade, 12 of 14 Latin American countries have experienced a reduction in inequality. Based on a series of counterfactual simulations, the observed changes in inequality are decomposed in order to identify the main determinants of ine...

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Main Authors:	Azevedo, Joao Pedro, Inchauste, Gabriela, Sanfelice, Viviane
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PERIOD ANNUALIZED CHANGE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS COL COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUALS DECLINING INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES DEMAND-SIDE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DIVIDEND DRIVERS ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC REVIEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL REGULARITIES EMPLOYMENT EQUALIZING EFFECT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE GDP GENDER DIMENSIONS GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE HARMONIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SOURCES INCOMES INCREASING INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY MINIMUM WAGES OBSERVED CHANGES OBSERVED REDUCTIONS PATH DEPENDENCE PENSION PENSIONS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC TRANSFERS QUALITY GROWTH REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SIMULATIONS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL TRANSFERS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSFER PROGRAMS WAGE INEQUALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18607445/decomposing-recent-inequality-decline-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16931

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