Local financial access and income inequality in Chile
Arielis Valdebenito and
Gabriel Pino
Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 210, issue C
Abstract:
This paper proposes a local financial access indicator which captures the accessibility of localities isolated from urban centers. As a case of study, we use Chilean data to show that higher level of local financial access reduces income inequality.
Keywords: Financial access; Income inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110170
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