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Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
Battiston, Diego; Cruces, Guillermo; López-Calva, Luis F. - 2009
This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil … areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003895801
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Short and long-run distributional impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America
Lustig, Nora; Martinez Pabon, Valentina; Neidhöfer, Guido - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 22 (2023) 1, pp. 96-116
economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. We show that the short-term impact on income inequality and poverty can be … effect is significant in Argentina and Colombia and nil in Mexico, where there has been no such expansion. We find that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333876
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The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru : A Synthesis of Results
Lustig, Nora - 2012
) especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101530
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The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru : A Synthesis of Results
Lustig, Nora - 2015
), especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035901
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Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s : The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
Lustig, Nora; López-Calva, Luis Felipe; Ortiz-Juarez, … - 2015
studies for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico suggest two main phenomena underlie this trend: a fall in the premium to skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160335
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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: The recent Brazilian experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo; Son, Hyun H. - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273493
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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market : the recent Brazilian experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Son, Hyun H. - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845175
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Determinantes da queda na desigualdade de renda no Brasil
Barros, Ricardo; de Carvalho, Mirela; Franco, Samuel; … - 2010
The extraordinary events that occurred in the country between 2001-2007, with a sharp decline in inequality and the levels of poverty and extreme poverty offers a unique opportunity to examine the most relevant factors to explain changes that benefit the poor and in different scenarios ? with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330823
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Income and Beyond: Multidimensional Poverty in six Latin American countries
Battiston, Diego; Cruces, Guillermo; Calva, Luis Felipe … - 2009
This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil … areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429303
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Determinantes da queda na desigualdade de renda no Brasil
Barros, Ricardo Paes de; Carvalho, Mirela de; Franco, Samuel - 2010
The extraordinary events that occurred in the country between 2001-2007, with a sharp decline in inequality and the levels of poverty and extreme poverty offers a unique opportunity to examine the most relevant factors to explain changes that benefit the poor and in different scenarios ? with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923182