Descomposición del coeficiente de Gini en Colombia por fuentes de ingreso

Roberto Mauricio Sánchez Torres

Econógrafos, Escuela de Economía from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID

Abstract: This paper analyses the income distribution in Colombia focusing in differences between departments and showing how every department has different explanations of inequality. In order to do that Gini coefficient is considered and its decomposition by sources of income is estimated from 2002 to 2015. The main result is that every department has different explanations of the income inequality, those heterogeneities are related with social, economic and occupational characteristics. In this research it is found that one of the most important source of income that explain the reduction of Gini coefficient is the non-labor income and the recent reduction in its participation and inequality.

Keywords: Gini coefficient; income inequality; decomposition of income inequality; Colombia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 N36 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2016-11
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