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Party Age and Party Color: New Results on the Political Economy of Redistribution and Inequality
Keefer, Philip; Milanovic, Branko - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries …
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Returns to Higher Education in Chile and Colombia
González-Velosa, Carolina; Rucci, Graciana; Sarzosa, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
In the last decades, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a dramatic increase in the levels of higher education enrollment. Using administrative data from Chile and Colombia, we find that this phenomenon is not always associated with higher private individual returns. In...
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Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America Title: Inclusión social y desarrollo económico en América Latina Title: Inclusão social e desenvolvimento econômico na América Latina
Genoni, María Eugenia; Sánchez, Margarita; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting economic and political stability and constructing a fair, cohesive and democratic society. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895449
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Why Don't We Tax the Rich? Inequality, Legislative Malapportionment, and Personal Income Taxation around the World
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Ardanaz, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper argues that the details of political institutions help explain the low levels of personal income taxation. In particular, legislative malapportionment enables rich elites to exercise disproportionate political influence. Because over-represented districts tend to be dominated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944479
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Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America Title: Inclusión social y desarrollo económico en América Latina Title: Inclusão social e desenvolvimento econômico na América Latina
Duryea, Suzanne; Ñopo, Hugo; Genoni, María Eugenia; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting economic and political stability and constructing a fair, cohesive and democratic society. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943377
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Does Inequality Breed Altruism or Selfishness? Gauging Individuals' Predispositions towards Redistributive Schemes
Machado, Fabiana Velasques de Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
While decreasing inequality is generally considered desirable, and there is a growing understanding of which policies …-economic groups arises on how government should address inequality rather than whether it should do so. While poorer respondents …. Contrary to what is commonly assumed, inequality seems to breed altruism among the rich regarding the quintessential poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944108
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Global boom, local impacts: Mining revenues and subnational outcomes in Peru 2007-2011
Zambrano, Omar; Robles, Marcos; Laos, Denisse - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944203
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Why Do Populist-Outsiders Get Elected?: A Model of Strategic Populists
Miller, Sebastian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The existence of populist regimes led by outsiders is not new in history. In this paper a simple framework is presented that shows how and why a populist outsider can be elected to office, and under what conditions he is more likely to be elected. The results show that countries with a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944248
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Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence
Bouillon, Cesar Patricio; Azevedo, Viviane - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. Several studies have used data sets that collect intergenerational socio economic information. The data, though limited, suggest that social mobility is low in the region, even when compared with low social mobility developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963463
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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992 - 2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963679