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 appropriate technique for analyzing the relationship between changes in … affect distribution. Furthermore, there are no clear indications that this situation will change over the next few years …

the distribution of income is quite unequal. Unlike Uruguay, Chile has one of the more unequal income distributions of the … that most of the difference regarding income distribution comes from the wealthier households, particularly those that …, without the national account adjustment, the income distribution gap among both countries would diminish in three points from …

income at the two extremes of the income distribution, which is more accentuated at the top centiles of the distribution. We … suggest that this may mirror the unusually high concentration of income at the top of the income distribution in Chile, a …

is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This … leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in …