Fifteen Years of Inequality in Latin America : How Have Labor Markets Helped?

Household income inequality has declined in Latin America in the past decades, contributing significantly to poverty reduction in the region. Although available evidence shows that changes in the labor income are among the main factors behind these...

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Main Authors:	Azevedo, João Pedro, Dávalos, María Eugenia, Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina, Atuesta, Bernardo, Castañeda, Raul Andres
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS AVERAGE RATE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS COUNTERFACTUAL CRISES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DECLINING INEQUALITY DECLINING POVERTY DECOMPOSITION RESULTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISPERSION OF THE DISTRIBUTION DRIVERS EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EQUALIZING EFFECT EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH RATE HIGH INEQUALITY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCREASING INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CHANGES INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY REDUCTION INEQUALITY TRENDS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR UNIONS MALE WORKERS MARKET INCOME MATHEMATICS MEAN VALUE NEGATIVE SIGN NET EFFECT OBSERVED CHANGES OCCUPATIONS PENSIONS PERSISTENT INEQUALITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POPULATION SHARE POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PREVIOUS RESULTS PRICE CHANGES PROGRAMS REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL LEVEL RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RESIDUAL TERM SIMULATIONS SKILL GROUPS SKILL LEVEL SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS STRUCTURAL REFORMS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE DISPERSION WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGES WOMEN WORKERS WORKER YOUNG WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17428963/fifteen-years-inequality-latin-america-labor-markets-helped-fifteen-years-inequality-latin-america-labor-markets-helped http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13183

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Fifteen Years of Inequality in Latin America : How Have Labor Markets Helped?

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