The effect of immigration on preferences for redistribution has been recently studied in the context of developed … in the context of migration across similar Latin American countries. To this aim, we exploit data at the provincial level … redistribution policies. This anti-redistribution effect is larger among those individuals with higher income. …

and its connection with inequality. To this purpose Brazil's income distribution is explored from two dimensions …: inequality and polarisation. A new middle class index (MCI), based on polarisation methods, is used to assess the evolution of … prevented the achievement of high inequality values and the emergence of a middle class. Then in the early twentieth century …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty … hand, and the extent and effectiveness of redistribution, on the other: government size is similar for Argentina and … Bolivia but they are on opposite sides in terms of the extent of redistribution.Fourth, due to indirect taxes households are …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty … hand, and the extent and effectiveness of redistribution, on the other: government size is similar for Argentina and … Bolivia but they are on opposite sides in terms of the extent of redistribution. Fourth, due to indirect taxes households are …

yield higher inequality as measured by the Gini (0-9 pc.pt. increase) and the top 1% and 10% income shares (0-5, and 1-5 pc … mismeasurement rise. Taxable income is subject to the highest inequality, which further undergoes the highest upward correction for … corrections confirm the inequality-neutral impact of pensions in Mexico, and equalizing impacts of transfers, direct taxes …

yield higher inequality as measured by the Gini (0-9 pc.pt. increase) and the top 1% and 10% income shares (0-5, and 1-5 pc … mismeasurement rise. Taxable income is subject to the highest inequality, which further undergoes the highest upward correction for … corrections confirm the inequality-neutral impact of pensions in Mexico, and equalizing impacts of transfers, direct taxes …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …