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Deconstructing the Decline in Inequality in Latin America

dc.contributor.author Lustig, Nora
dc.contributor.author Lopez-Calva, Luis F.
dc.contributor.author Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-27T18:59:10Z
dc.date.available 2013-09-27T18:59:10Z
dc.date.issued 2013-07
dc.description.abstract Inequality in Latin America unambiguously declined in the 2000s. The Gini coefficient fell in 16 of the 17 countries where there are comparable data, and the change was statistically significant for all of them. Existing studies point to two main explanations for the decline in inequality: a reduction in hourly labor income inequality, and more robust and progressive government transfers. Available evidence suggests that it is the skill premium -- or, more precisely, the returns to primary, secondary, and tertiary education vs. no schooling or incomplete primary schooling -- that drives the decline in hourly labor income inequality. The causes behind the decline in returns to schooling, however, have not been unambiguously established. Some studies find that returns fell because of an increase in the supply of workers with more educational attainment; others, because of a shift in demand away from skilled labor. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18060343/deconstructing-decline-inequality-latin-america
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15915
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No.6552
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCOUNTING
dc.subject ACTIVE LABOR
dc.subject ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
dc.subject ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subject ANNUAL % CHANGE
dc.subject AVERAGE CHANGE
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject BIRTH RATES
dc.subject CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subject COLLEGE GRADUATES
dc.subject CONCENTRATION COEFFICIENTS
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUALS
dc.subject DECLINING INEQUALITY
dc.subject DEMAND-SIDE
dc.subject DEMOCRACY
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subject DRIVERS
dc.subject EARNING
dc.subject ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subject ELASTICITY
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
dc.subject EQUALIZING EFFECT
dc.subject EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subject FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject GINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subject GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject GROWTH COMPONENT
dc.subject GROWTH SPELLS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INCOME SOURCE
dc.subject INCOMES
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INEQUALITY CHANGES
dc.subject INEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subject INEQUALITY TRENDS
dc.subject INVERSE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject LABOR INCOME
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject LABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subject LABOR RELATIONS
dc.subject LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject MEAN INCOME
dc.subject MIGRANT
dc.subject MINIMUM WAGE
dc.subject MINIMUM WAGES
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subject PENSIONS
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subject POLICY CHANGES
dc.subject POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POWER PARITY
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject PRIVATE TRANSFERS
dc.subject PRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject PUBLIC TRANSFERS
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject REAL EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject REAL WAGES
dc.subject REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
dc.subject REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject REGIONAL AVERAGES
dc.subject RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject RELATIVE DEMAND
dc.subject RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject RELATIVE SUPPLY
dc.subject RELATIVE WAGES
dc.subject REMITTANCE
dc.subject REMITTANCES
dc.subject RENTS
dc.subject RESIDUAL TERM
dc.subject RESPECT
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject SCHOOL ENROLMENT
dc.subject SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject SKILL GROUPS
dc.subject SKILL PREMIUM
dc.subject SKILL PREMIUMS
dc.subject SKILLED LABOR
dc.subject SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject TERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject WAGE LEVELS
dc.subject WAGE PREMIUM
dc.subject government transfers
dc.title Deconstructing the Decline in Inequality in Latin America en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.date.disclosure 2013-07-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18060343/deconstructing-decline-inequality-latin-america
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6552
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20130731085829
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 18060343
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okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Inequality
okr.topic Health
okr.topic Nutrition and Population
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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