Post-Reform Trends in Wage Inequality: The Case of Urban Bolivia

This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing controversy on the distributional effects of structural reforms in developing countries. Applying inequality indices and FieldsÂ’ (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.

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Year of publication:	2002-09
Authors:	Spatz, Julius ; Steiner, Susan
Institutions:	Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)
Subject:	Structural Reforms \| Inequality \| Dual Economy \| Bolivia

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Kiel Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	58 pages
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; J50 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining. General ; L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure; Industrial Price Indices ; O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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