improvements in almost all labour market indicators and consequent reductions in poverty rates. Across countries, economic growth … reductions in poverty were strongly related to improvements in earnings and employment indicators. Although the 2008 crisis …

improvements in almost all labour market indicators and consequent reductions in poverty rates. Across countries, economic growth … reductions in poverty were strongly related to improvements in earnings and employment indicators. Although the 2008 crisis …

. The findings show that the pandemic is likely to have significant long-run consequences in terms of incomes and poverty if …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …

signs of a deceleration in the pace of inequality reduction in Latin America. This paper argues that the deceleration is the … result of two set of reasons. First, several of the driving factors of the fall in inequality in the 2000s have lost strength … early 2010s, making further reductions in inequality more difficult. …

beginning of the 20th century. Until the 1970s, the country experienced a fall in inequality in spite of lower income growth …. Since then, inequality has generally increased possibly as a result of large-scale shocks such as macroeconomic crises and …

observed and are associated with income inequality, poverty, economic growth, public educational expenditures and assortative …The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … experiencing higher income inequality in childhood is associated with lower intergenerational mobility measured in adulthood …

period inequality increased substantially. Two types of episodes have shaped this upward trend: deep macroeconomic crises and … periods of sudden and intense economic liberalization. The sizeable rise in inequality in the 1990s seems to be associated to … subsequent recoveries contributed to the volatility of inequality along this upward trend. The large macroeconomic crisis of 2001 …

This paper documents patterns and recent developments on different dimensions of inequality in Latin America and the … Caribbean (LAC). New comparative international evidence confirms that LAC is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the … highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen in the 2000s, suggesting a turning point from the significant increases of …