A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper documents patterns and recent developments on different dimensions of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). New comparative international evidence confirms that LAC is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen in...

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Autores principales: Gasparini, Leonardo, Cruces, Guillermo, Tornarolli, Leopoldo, Marchionni, Mariana
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3640
http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas81.pdf
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topic Economía
inequality; distribution; education
ingreso
América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
spellingShingle Economía
inequality; distribution; education
ingreso
América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
Gasparini, Leonardo
Cruces, Guillermo
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Marchionni, Mariana
A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
topic_facet Economía
inequality; distribution; education
ingreso
América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
description This paper documents patterns and recent developments on different dimensions of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). New comparative international evidence confirms that LAC is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen in the 2000s, suggesting a turning point from the significant increases of the 1980s and 1990s. There have been some significant improvements toward the reduction in inequalities in the access to primary and secondary education, and to some services (water, sanitation, electricity, cell phones). However, there is an increasing gap between the rich and the poor in the access to tertiary education, and important differences in the access to new technologies.
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author Gasparini, Leonardo
Cruces, Guillermo
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Marchionni, Mariana
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Cruces, Guillermo
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Marchionni, Mariana
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title A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort turning point? : recent developments on inequality in latin america and the caribbean
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