Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications

Autores
Olivieri, Sergio; Horenstein, Matías
Año de publicación
2004
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inglés
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This paper applies newly developed methods for the computation of income polarization by Duclos-Esteban-Ray (2004) to the Argentine case between 1998 and 2002. We find that despite the slowdown in the growth of the inequality, the rate of growth of polarization increased every year. Low-income groups in the population were those who contributed the most to polarization. The results of a micro-decomposition show that on average all the effects led to an increase in polarization between 1998 and 2002. Although most of the change came from unobservable factors, region, returns to education and return to experience had a moderate impact. Furthermore, polarization increased within every geographic region. This change had different intensity throughout them leading to distinct levels of "tension" within the country.
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Argentina
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JEL: D31, D63, I32
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fluctuación económica
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
title Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
spellingShingle Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
Olivieri, Sergio
Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
ingreso
JEL: D31, D63, I32
pobreza
fluctuación económica
title_short Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
title_full Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
title_fullStr Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
title_full_unstemmed Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
title_sort Income polarization in Argentina: pure income polarization, theory and applications
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Olivieri, Sergio
Horenstein, Matías
author Olivieri, Sergio
author_facet Olivieri, Sergio
Horenstein, Matías
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author2 Horenstein, Matías
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
ingreso
JEL: D31, D63, I32
pobreza
fluctuación económica
topic Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
ingreso
JEL: D31, D63, I32
pobreza
fluctuación económica
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper applies newly developed methods for the computation of income polarization by Duclos-Esteban-Ray (2004) to the Argentine case between 1998 and 2002. We find that despite the slowdown in the growth of the inequality, the rate of growth of polarization increased every year. Low-income groups in the population were those who contributed the most to polarization. The results of a micro-decomposition show that on average all the effects led to an increase in polarization between 1998 and 2002. Although most of the change came from unobservable factors, region, returns to education and return to experience had a moderate impact. Furthermore, polarization increased within every geographic region. This change had different intensity throughout them leading to distinct levels of "tension" within the country.
Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas
description This paper applies newly developed methods for the computation of income polarization by Duclos-Esteban-Ray (2004) to the Argentine case between 1998 and 2002. We find that despite the slowdown in the growth of the inequality, the rate of growth of polarization increased every year. Low-income groups in the population were those who contributed the most to polarization. The results of a micro-decomposition show that on average all the effects led to an increase in polarization between 1998 and 2002. Although most of the change came from unobservable factors, region, returns to education and return to experience had a moderate impact. Furthermore, polarization increased within every geographic region. This change had different intensity throughout them leading to distinct levels of "tension" within the country.
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