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Two Decades of Top Income Shares in Honduras

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dc.contributor.authorDel Carmen, Giselle
dc.contributor.authorGarriga, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorNuñez, Wilman
dc.contributor.authorScot, Thiago
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-19T13:37:25Z
dc.date.available2024-03-19T13:37:25Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-19
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents distributional national accounts for Honduras over 2003–2019, using survey microdata, administrative tax records, and national account aggregates. It assembles comprehensive data on formal income for high-income individuals, including information on corporate shareholders, which allows corporate profits to be assigned to their owners. The estimates suggest a high and persistent inequality in the country: the top 1 percent highest earners received approximately 30 percent of the total income over the period, placing Honduras among the most unequal countries in the world. Undistributed corporate profits are the overwhelming income source at the very top of the distribution, highlighting its importance in the measurement of income inequality. Finally, using a panel of tax records, the paper also documents that not only is inequality persistent, but the same individuals are often observed at the top, suggesting that the observed inequality has deep roots.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099302403182435474/IDU116a7803b1e2ff144e6196f8152799cced739
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10722
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41207
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10722
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectTOP INCOME
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE REGISTRIES
dc.subjectHONDURAS
dc.titleTwo Decades of Top Income Shares in Hondurasen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleTwo Decades of Top Income Shares in Honduras
okr.date.disclosure2024-03-19
okr.date.lastmodified2024-03-18T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099302403182435474/IDU116a7803b1e2ff144e6196f8152799cced739
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10722
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10722
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryHonduras
okr.sectorCentral Government (Central Agencies)
okr.themeTax policy,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Fiscal Policy,Public Sector Management,Data production, accessibility and use
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Income
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Econometrics
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.unitEFI-MTI-Macro/Fiscal-Tax (EMFTX)
okr.unitDIME Governance & Inst Building (DIME3)
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