attained its fullest development in the Southern Cone. He viewed Argentina as the paradigmatic case that proved his theo1y … growth. At the time, Samuelson also believed the advanced Western economies could follow the same path as Argentina. The …, despite being an outlier, Argentina's addiction to populism offers a cautionary tale. …

. -- social spending ; benefit incidence ; inequality ; poverty ; Argentina …Between 2003 and 2009, Argentina's social spending as a share of GDP increased by 7.6 percentage points. Marginal … disposable income inequality and poverty rose markedly between 2006 and 2009 primarily due to the launching of a noncontributory …

Poverty is a problem of extreme seriousness in any society that limits and hinders the path to social progress. Much … has been said about poverty, but the essential and inescapable point is that the real solution to the problem is to remove … argued that "clearer and more transparent definitions of poverty are essential prerequisites of any development policy that …

Using administrative data for Chile, we study the impact of School Starting Age (SSA) on the characteristics of the …