Poverty and Income Distribution in Chile: 1987-1998 New Evidence

Dante Contreras (), Osvaldo Larrañaga and Julie Litchfield

Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 2001, vol. 38, issue 114, pages 191-208

Abstract: This paper presents an update on the poverty and income distribution situation in Chile during the 90s. The analysis shows unambiguously that there was less poverty between 1994 and 1998 than in all earlier years, whether poverty is measured by the headco

Keywords: Poverty; income distribution; growth; Chile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H5 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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