The rise and fall of income inequality in Chile
Lunes, 13 febrero 2017
This paper written by Francisco Parro and Loreto Reyes presents evidence on a rise and fall in income inequality in Chile during the past two decades. We show that income inequality rises from 1990 to 2000 and then falls from 2000 to 2011. We perform simple but informative decompositions to figure out the contributing factors
- Published in Revistas CIDE
Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America
Viernes, 19 agosto 2016
Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3 to 29.7 % of the population). In this paper written by Marco Stampini, Marcos Robles, Mayra Sáenz, Pablo Ibarrarán and Nadin Medellín, use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability that also affects the rising middle
- Published in Revistas CIDE