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

Autores
Gasparini, Leonardo; Cruces, Guillermo; Tornarolli, Leopoldo; Marchionni, Mariana
Año de publicación
2009
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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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Economía
inequality; distribution; education
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América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
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title A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
spellingShingle A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gasparini, Leonardo
Economía
inequality; distribution; education
ingreso
América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
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 A turning point? : Recent developments on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gasparini, Leonardo
Cruces, Guillermo
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Marchionni, Mariana
author Gasparini, Leonardo
author_facet Gasparini, Leonardo
Cruces, Guillermo
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Marchionni, Mariana
author_role author
author2 Cruces, Guillermo
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Marchionni, Mariana
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economía
inequality; distribution; education
ingreso
América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
topic Economía
inequality; distribution; education
ingreso
América Latina
Región del Caribe
distribución de la riqueza
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Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
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