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The Latin American Middle Class: Fragile After All?
Castellani, Francesca; Parent, Gwenn; Zenteno, Jannet - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
with the likelihood of being middle class. The example of Colombia illustrates that, while growing in size, this income …
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New century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and The Caribbean
Ñopo, Hugo - Inter-American Development Bank
This book presents a regional overview of gender and ethnic disparities in labor earnings during this last turn of the century. After this introduction, chapter 2 presents the methodology adopted by the book and the data sources employed. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943582
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Savings in Chile: What Went Right?
Morandé, Felipe - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
Some analysts rank Chile as the only Latin American economy that qualifies as a 'take-off economy,' or development economy. In a sense, Chile's enduring success and proved insulation from the 'Tequila effect' are due to its high national savings. What has made Chile's savings so high? What were...
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Housing Tenure and Housing Demand in Colombia
Arbeláez, María Angélica; Steiner, Roberto; Becerra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
and credit is explained by demand for low-income housing. …
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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy
Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality … have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep macroeconomic crisis and periods of openness and integration. The sizable … particular severity of the income distribution changes in Argentina. This paper was prepared for the Labor Markets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320049
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New century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and The Caribbean
Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank
This book presents a regional overview of gender and ethnic disparities in labor earnings during this last turn of the century. After this introduction, chapter 2 presents the methodology adopted by the book and the data sources employed. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895491