This paper argues that the assumption of a homogeneous workforce, which is implicitly invoked in the decomposition … finds that the main factor contributing to poverty reduction has been individuals' changes in labor earnings, and the role … of these changes has been less important in reducing income inequality. The main driving force of reduced income …

that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment, we analyze three dimensions of size … administrative sources. We show that two key factors limit the effect of cash transfer programs on poverty and inequality: the small …: conditional cash transfers, non-contributory pensions, and other transfers. We use an international poverty line of 6.85 dollars …

heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are …