This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily … measures of race and ethnicity, we also draw on two additional measures from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP …

'mulatos' —the mixed-race descendent from European, Indigenous, and African population. However, Latin American countries have … veiled income inequalities between racial groups through mestizaje identity or the 'Cosmic Race'. Using LAPOP … taxation in income or 'tagging' could decrease race-based disparities and improve economic development …

factors in income differences - race and gender - that contribute to income inequality within the population of blacks and … defined by the Gini index varies from 1% to 4% depending on the geographical administrative divisions used. Race tends to … inequality associated with gender exceeds greatly that of race. While gender income inequality falls over time, income inequality …

race. We then decompose the differences in lifetime earnings using the recentered influence function and show that human …