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Policy regimes, inequality, poverty and growth : the Chilean experience, 1973 - 2010
Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo - 2012
Since the 1970s, Chile has exhibited a highly skewed income distribution accompanied with strong fluctuations over time … 1990s, resulting from better economic and social policies in the return to democracy. Nonetheless, Chile still faces … significant challenges to improve development. There must be an active macroeconomic policy focused on the real economy. Chile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408448
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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries
Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2017
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596960
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Chile country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334072
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The role of skills and tasks in changing employment trends and income inequality in Chile
Zapata-Román, Gabriela - 2021
, wage inequality, and job polarization in Chile from 1992 to 2017. Changes in occupational structure confirm a displacement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012483436
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Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth : the case of Chile
Solimano, Andrés; Zapata-Román, Gabriela - 2019
This paper describes the structural transformations that Chile has experienced in the last 50 years and how they have … worrisome and could negatively affect Chile's ability to achieve structural transformations towards higher and more …
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Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico : 1992-2015
Scott, John; Rosa, Enrique de la; Balcazar, Rodrigo Aranda - 2017
This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for the principal public transfers (education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776401
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Macroeconomic policies, growth, employment, and inequality in Latin America
Damill, Mário; Frenkel, Roberto - 2012
This paper examines the macroeconomic policies and outcomes experienced by the Latin American economies during the period 1990-2010. Macroeconomic policies refer to exchange rates, monetary and aggregate fiscal policies, while macroeconomic outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009504596
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The state, the market, and development
Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2016
The state has played a major role in the most important developmental successes. This paper discusses the advances in our understanding of the role of the state in the developmental process over the past thirty years, and the contribution to those advances played by changes in economics, changes...
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Regional and subregional analyses of macroeconomic policy strategies for growth and equality in Southern Africa
Sahoo, Dukhabandhu; Mishra, Diptimayee; Sahoo, Auro Kumar; … - 2020
We investigate the relevance of beta (β, absolute and conditional) and sigma (σ) convergence in the economies of the Common Monetary Area of Southern Africa and in the provinces of the Republic of South Africa using panel data, allowing an understanding of growth and inequality in the region....
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Who was impacted and how? : the COVID-19 pandemic and the long uneven recovery in India
Jha, Mrinalini; Lahoti, Rahul - 2022
We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate aftermath and during the uneven recovery until December 2021 using high-frequency household survey data from India. We find that the average household incomes dropped sharply during...
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