In the Latin American context, Chile has the highest level of per capita income and the human development index, though the distribution of income is quite unequal. Unlike Uruguay, Chile has one of the more unequal income distributions of the region. In 2003, Chile had Gini Coefficient of 8.5...

This study measures the impact of changes in the income determinants on inequality in the 1990 to 2003 period, in order to answer the question of why income distribution as a whole has not changed. The methodology utilized are micro-simulations of income distribution, which is the most...

In 2006 about 155 000 Germans left their country - more than ever before apart from the postwar wave of emigration in the 1950s. However, many recent German emigrants return to their home country. Although the question of why this rise has occurred is now arousing much attention from the general...

Im Jahr 2006 haben etwa 155 000 Deutsche ihr Land verlassen - mehr als je zuvor, sieht man einmal von der Auswanderungswelle der Nachkriegszeit in den 50er Jahren ab. Allerdings kehren auch viele Deutsche in ihre Heimat zurück. Obwohl die Frage nach den Ursachen für diesen Anstieg mittlerweile...