The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among … observed and are associated with income inequality, poverty, economic growth, public educational expenditures and assortative …

education characteristic of the pre-reform era has given rise to substantial inequality in access to higher levels of education …

dramatic transformations in the past century. While classical economists advanced the hypothesis that inequality is beneficial … growth, inequality enhanced the process of development by channeling resources towards individuals whose marginal propensity …

dramatic transformations in the past century. While Classical economists advanced the hypothesis that inequality is beneficial …

and inequality of these children. It adapts methods developed in DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) and incorporates … inequality. …

Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy … improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning income distribution are likely to reduce inequality. First it … poverty and income inequality. This is illustrated empirically using the 2004 Chilean Social Protection Survey data …