believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, and that it’s the Iberian colonists’ fault. Thus … that this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. The recent leveling of inequality in the region since the 1990s seems to have done little …

have reduced the otherwise substantial costs of fertility control and may be among the most effective development …

research on long-run comparative development should investigate the implications of political inequality as well as those of …Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution … of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic …