Lustig, Nora; Lopez-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo - Department of Economics, Tulane University - 2013
Inequality in Latin America unambiguously declined in the 2000s. The Gini coefficient fell in 14 of the 17 countries … main explanations for the decline in inequality: a reduction in hourly labor income inequality, and more robust and … labor income inequality. The causes behind the decline in returns to schooling, however, have not been unambiguously …