Using standard fiscal incidence analysis, this paper estimates the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in … thirteen countries in Latin America around 2010. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay are the countries which … equalizing in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and also in Chile, Costa Rica and Ecuador but, in the latter, their effect is small …

During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate …, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased …