modernize Bolivian industry, improve productivity, increase exports, stimulate growth, and reduce poverty. This paper …

This paper studies the changes in inequality and poverty in the period 1999-2005 in Bolivia through the analysis of the … labour supply and occupational choices for each member of the household. We decomposed the observed change in inequality into … distribution of error terms of estimated earn-ings functions (error term effect); and iv) a residual change in inequality not cap …

scenario without the gas boom. This means that the natural gas boom not only causes an increase in inequality but also an … increase in poverty. The paper finishes with some policy recommendations on how to counteract the negative side effects of the …

This paper tests whether economic inequality is related to suicide mortality. Using an unbalanced panel of 40 countries … rates. Our results indicate that there is a statistically insignificant positive effect of inequality on the incidence of …

This paper presents new evidence on the relationship between corruption and income inequality. Using a panel data … methodology, we find that lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality in Latin America. This result is in … relationship between inequality and corruption suggests that institutional reform policies by themselves may be misguided. …