Poverty and Inequality among Ethnic Groups in Chile

Claudio Agostini, Phillip Brown () and Andrei Roman ()
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Phillip Brown: Colby College, Waterville, Maine, United States and International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C., United States.
Andrei Roman: Colby College, Waterville, Maine, United States

ILADES-UAH Working Papers from Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business

Abstract: Despite two decades of rapid growth, indigenous Chileans are disproportionately poor. However, income data obtained from non-representative surveys yield imprecise estimates of poverty and inequality. This paper therefore estimates poverty and inequality using poverty mapping methods. In contrast to previous studies, however, we use ethnicity rather than geography as a basis for disaggregation. We find that indigenous Chileans are significantly poorer than non-indigenous people, but that inequality rates are also lower for indigenous groups. These reliable estimates of poverty and inequality may augment the antipoverty targeting criteria used in Chile, helping policy-makers to better identify poor households.

Keywords: Latin America; Chile; Poverty; Inequality; Ethnicity; Poverty Mapping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 D31 I32 J15 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2008-06
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