This paper documents the changes in the income distribution in Argentina from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s. Over the … period inequality increased substantially. Two types of episodes have shaped this upward trend: deep macroeconomic crises and … periods of sudden and intense economic liberalization. The sizeable rise in inequality in the 1990s seems to be associated to …

This paper documents patterns and recent developments on different dimensions of inequality in Latin America and the … Caribbean (LAC). New comparative international evidence confirms that LAC is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the … highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen in the 2000s, suggesting a turning point from the significant increases of …

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …

poverty and the size of the middle class. -- Inequality ; poverty middle class ; distribution ; non-parametrics ; Argentina. …We present a detailed description of the drastic changes in many aspects of the distribution of income in Argentina …, complementing a recent study by Gasparini and Cruces (2009), who focus mostly on inequality. We use modern descriptive tools to …

distributive effects were hidden by the apparent observed distribution stability between both years. The returns to education have …This paper analyses the changes in inequality occurred during the period 1998 - 2005. A set of results are presented in … order to contribute to a better understanding of the changes in inequality. The obtained results show that important …

We present a detailed description of the drastic changes in many aspects of the distribution of income in Argentina …, complementing a recent study by Gasparini and Cruces (2009), who focus mostly on inequality. We use modern descriptive tools to … provide a complete map of the changes in many aspects of the distribution of income, and stress the fact that other key …

distributive effects were hidden by the apparent observed distribution stability between both years. The returns to education have …This paper analyses the changes in inequality occurred during the period 1998 - 2005. A set of results are presented in … order to contribute to a better understanding of the changes in inequality. The obtained results show that important …

, we cannot be sure whether the decline in inequality will continue. -- inequality ; decomposition ; education ; wages …We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an …

, we cannot be sure whether the decline in inequality will continue. -- Inequality ; Decomposition ; Education ; Wages …We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an …