Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

Nora Lustig
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva and Nora Lustig

No 307, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: Between 2000 and 2010, the Gini coefficient declined in 13 of 17 Latin American countries. The decline was statistically significant and robust to changes in the time interval, inequality measures, and data sources. In-depth country studies for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico suggest two main phenomena underlie this trend: a fall in the premium to skilled labor and more progressive government transfers. The fall in the premium to skills resulted from a combination of supply, demand, and institutional factors. Their relative importance depends on the country

Keywords: income inequality; skill premium; government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 H53 I24 O15 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2012-10
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