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Intergenerational mobility of economic well-being in Latin America
Neidhöfer, Guido; Ciaschi, Matías; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2022 - This version: 31 August 2022
We estimate, for the first time, long-run trends in intergenerational economic mobility for a multitude of countries in Latin America going beyond parent-child correlations in educational attainment. We use several indicators of well-being, such as the socio-economic situation of individuals,...
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Educational inequality and intergenerational mobility in Latin America : a new database
Neidhöfer, Guido; Serrano, Joaquín; Gasparini, Leonardo - In: Journal of development economics 134 (2018), pp. 329-349
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Recent trends in inequality and poverty in developing countries
Alvaredo, Facundo; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510158
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Perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during a period of falling inequality
Reyes, Germán; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2017
with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, we document a widespread, although modest … inequality for 17 out of the 18 countries for which microdata is available. Our analysis reveals unfairness perceptions are more … correlated with relative measures of income inequality than absolute ones and that individual characteristics are correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011691107
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Educational inequality and intergenerational mobility in Latin America : a new database
Neidhöfer, Guido; Serrano, Joaquín; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2017
The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among … observed and are associated with income inequality, poverty, economic growth, public educational expenditures and assortative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011714448
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Recent trends in inequality and poverty in developing countries
Alvaredo, Facundo; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2013
This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality and … discussion of their determinants. There has been tremendous progress in the measurement of inequality and poverty in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010198464
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Educational inequality and intergenerational mobility in Latin America : a new database
Neidhöfer, Guido; Serrano, Joaquín; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2017
The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among … observed and are associated with income inequality, poverty, economic growth, public educational expenditures and assortative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698232
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Chapter 9. Recent Trends in Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries
Alvaredo, Facundo; Gasparini, Leonardo - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 697-805). 2015
This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality and … discussion of their determinants. There has been tremendous progress in the measurement of inequality and poverty in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025342
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The impact of COVID-19 on education in Latin America : long-run implications for poverty and inequality
Bracco, Jessica; Ciaschi, Matías; Gasparini, Leonardo; … - 2024
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the human capital formation of children and youths. As a consequence of this disruption, the pandemic is likely to imply permanent lower levels of human capital. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of COVID-19 and school closures on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468167
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Bienestar y distribución del ingreso en Argentina, 1980 - 1998
Gasparini, Leonardo; Sosa Escudero, Walter - In: Económica 45 (1999) 3, pp. 183-217
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