beginning of the 20th century. Until the 1970s, the country experienced a fall in inequality in spite of lower income growth …In this paper, we use tax and household survey data to assess the history of income distribution in Argentina since the …. Since then, inequality has generally increased possibly as a result of large-scale shocks such as macroeconomic crises and …

redistribution policies. This anti-redistribution effect is larger among those individuals with higher income. …The effect of immigration on preferences for redistribution has been recently studied in the context of developed …

with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, we document a widespread, although modest … correlated with relative measures of income inequality than absolute ones and that individual characteristics are correlated with … inequality, rather than to composition effects. Finally, we show that individuals that perceive income distribution as very …

microsimulations to assess the potential effect of changes in human capital due to the COVID-19 crisis on future income distributions …

This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … on average the levels of national income inequality in the developing world increased in the 1980s and 1990s and declined … developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality and …

This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … on average the levels of national income inequality in the developing world increased in the 1980s and 1990s, and … developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality and …