This study examines the rise and fall in income inequality in Ecuador over the past two decades. Falling income …. The new leftist regime's social transfer policies helped reduce inequality further, but the continuation of Ecuador …

Ecuador experienced moderate economic growth during the 2000s. The economy suffered a mild recession during the …

We analyse vertical and horizontal inequality in Ecuador from a long-run perspective, as well as during and after the … commodities boom. Using various data sources we show that Ecuador has made significant progress in reducing inequality … the trend reversal is consistent with Ecuador's dependency on oil revenues. Once the commodities boom ended, government …

The aim of this paper is to explore the redistributive effects of taxes and benefits in Ecuador using two different … from ECUAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador. Our results show that simulated taxes and social insurance …

This paper aims to evaluate the progressivity of different fuel subsidies in Ecuador as well as the budgetary and …-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador, together with representative household microdata from ENIGHUR 2011-12. Our results show that … subsidies to increase social assistance payments in Ecuador, could be a mechanism to compensate low-income families for their …

Ecuador and the role of tax-benefit policies in mitigating the immediate impact of the economic shocks. Our results show a …

Based on tax records data from Ecuador, we analyse gender differences in top income groups from 2008 to 2017. Ecuador …, having (private) tertiary education is more important for women than men. In contrast, the effect of having a spouse who …

between formal and informal employment in Ecuador, a middle-income country characterized by persistent levels of informal …