Inequality Stagnation in Latin America in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

Louise Cord, Oscar Barriga†Cabanillas, Leonardo Lucchetti, Carlos Rodríguez†Castelán, Liliana Sousa and Daniel Valderrama-Gonzalez
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán

Review of Development Economics, 2017, vol. 21, issue 1, 157-181

Abstract: Between 2003 and 2010, Latin America experienced a solid record of economic growth, coupled with a notable reduction in income inequality. The regional Gini coefficient fell from 0.556 to 0.521 and declined in all 15 out of 17 countries in which frequent data are available. However, previous studies have warned about problems in the sustainability of the decline in income inequality and this study presents evidence of stagnation on this front between 2010 and 2013. The results are robust to various measures of income inequality, but differ across the region. While largely attributable to the recovery from the global financial crisis in Mexico and some countries in Central America, the results are also supported by the demonstrated slowdown in inequality reduction in other countries, including Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Date: 2017
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