The study examines the relationship between growth-inequality-poverty (GIP) triangle and crime rate under the premises … that there is (i) no/flat relationship between per capita income and crime rate; (ii) U-shaped relationship between poverty … decrease crime rate. Crime rate substantially increases income inequality while health expenditures decrease poverty headcount …

Using standard fiscal incidence analysis, this paper estimates the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in … thirteen countries in Latin America around 2010. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay are the countries which … equalizing in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and also in Chile, Costa Rica and Ecuador but, in the latter, their effect is small …

During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate …, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased …