Post-reform trends in wage inequality: the case of urban Bolivia

Susan Steiner () and Julius Spatz

No 1126, Kiel Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing controversy on the distributional effects of structural reforms in developing countries. Applying inequality indices and Fields' (2001) decomposition methodology to Bolivian household survey data of the years 1989 to 1997, we identify recent trends in wage inequality of urban Bolivia. Using a rent-based dual-economy model, we can link these trends to the structural reforms undertaken in Bolivia since 1985.

Keywords: Structural Reforms; Inequality; Dual Economy; Bolivia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J50 L16 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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