CHANGING INCOME DISTRIBUTION UNDER DEVELOPMENT: COLOMBIA

A. Berry

Review of Income and Wealth, 1974, vol. 20, issue 3, 289-316

Abstract: This paper examines the available evidence relative to the distribution of income in a developing country, Colombia, over a relatively long span of years, roughly from the mid‐30s to the mid‐60s, especially in the context of the argument that recent growth has been characterized by worsening distribution and stable or declining incomes for lower income groups. The basic conclusions are that income distribution within agriculture worsened throughout the period, while non‐agricultural income probably worsened from the mid‐30s to the early 50s, improved from then to the mid‐60s, and then leveled off. During the period of improvement in non‐agricultural income, it appears that the overall distribution also improved somewhat. Over the period as a whole, the main gainers have been the second and third deciles from the top; the top decile appears to have lost. The bottom two deciles also appear to have lost.

Date: 1974
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