Social accounting matrices (SAM) are a numerical scheme of the circular flow. The SAM-based multipliers can be used to determine the changes in the relative income of the economic agents. In this paper we investigate the process of income distribution in the Catalan Economy, using the linear...

Migration has been a difficult phenomenon to measure because of its volatile characteristics and the number of models that explain the essential incentives of the process. In Bolivia there are few quantitative studies of international migratory movements, however, there are records that reflect...

Migration has been a difficult phenomenon to measure because of its volatile characteristics and the number of models that explain the essential incentives of the process. In Bolivia there are few quantitative studies of international migratory movements, however, there are records that reflect...

En este artículo utilizamos un mecanismo de interacción social directa -en contraste con las interacciones a través del mercado-; para intentar explicar cómo las interacciones sociales afectan las decisiones sobre capital humano de los individuos y su posible impacto sobre la distribución...

In this paper we characterize some cyclical patterns for the Andalusian economy, for the period 1984-2001. Our work is basically an empirical one. Our results show that the Andalusian economy is more volatile than Spain as a whole, although there exist an important degree of coherence between...

En este artículo se estudian las diferencias en el ingreso laboraldesde una perspectiva regional. El análisis responde a tres preguntas ¿Existendiferencias en el ingreso laboral de las principales ciudades colombianas?,¿Qué porcentaje de la desigualdad social en el ingreso laboral se puede...

En este artículo se discute la necesidad de políticas dirigidas a reducir las disparidades económicas en Colombia. La principal razón es que las desigualdades que se observan entre las regiones no son deseables desde el punto de vista económico, social y político. Además, los últimos...

This article provides a tool to study over time the distributions of income in a population, regardless the irregular distribution of data. We even approach Lorenz curves at the times when we lack the required data. Finally we apply the present technique to a European country where inequalities...

We analyze the effects of macroeconomic fluctuations, as well as episodes of financial instability and inflation, on inequality indicators in Chile for the period 1960-2014. The relationship between episodes of crisis and fluctuations on levels of inequality are estimated from an event study,...