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Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys

Gasparini, Leonardo · SEDICI UNLP · 2005

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Este trabajo reporta información sobre la desigualdad del ingreso en América Latina y el Caribe, calculada a partir de una muestra de más de 50 encuestas de hogares de 20 países de LAC desde 1989 a 2001. Aunque la mayor parte de las estadísticas son de desigualdad del ingreso familiar, también se reportan resultados en el bienestar general y la polarización. La desigualdad aumentó moderadamente en América del Sur durante la última década. Las dos principales excepciones son Argentina, con un aumento muy grande en la desigualdad, y Brasil, donde la desigualdad disminuyó. Los cambios fueron muy pequeños en América Central y el Caribe. El bienestar agregado aumentó en la mayoría de los países gracias al crecimiento económico y a pese a los cambios distributivos desigualadores. This paper reports information on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean computed from a sample of more than 50 household surveys from 20 LAC countries from 1989 to 2001. Although the core of the statistics is on household income inequality, we also report results on aggregate welfare and polarization. Inequality has moderately increased in South America in the last decade. The two main exceptions are Argentina, with a very large inequality increase, and Brazil, where inequality actually decreased. Changes have been small in Central America and the Caribbean. Aggregate welfare has increased in most countries fueled by economic growth and despite unequalizing distributional changes. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas

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Gasparini, L. (2005). Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/9214

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Gasparini, Leonardo. "Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys." 2005. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/9214.

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Gasparini, Leonardo. 2005. "Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys.". http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/9214.

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Gasparini, L. 2005, Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys, SEDICI UNLP, available at: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/9214 [Accessed 10 Aug. 2026].

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Title
Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
Author / contributors
Gasparini, Leonardo
Publisher
SEDICI UNLP
Publication year
2005
Language
English

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