Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s : The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

Lustig, Nora ; Lopez-Calva, Luis F. ; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCOUNTING;    ACTIVE LABOR;    ACTIVE LABOR MARKET;    ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES;    ADVANCED COUNTRIES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-6248
RP-ID  :  WPS6248

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Between 2000 and 2010, the Ginicoefficient declined in 13 of 17 Latin American countries.The decline was statistically significant and robust tochanges in the time interval, inequality measures, and datasources.In-depth country studies for Argentina, Brazil,and Mexico suggest two main phenomena underlie this trend: afall in the premium to skilled labor and more progressivegovernment transfers. The fall in the premium to skillsresulted from a combination of supply, demand, andinstitutional factors.Their relative importance depends onthe country.