Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure

This paper examines several dimensions of inequality in the Latin American region focusing on top income shares and Gini coefficients, top wealth shares and the size wealth distribution. Itc ompares inequality of income according to household surveys and income inequality using tax data showing the...

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Autor: Solimano, Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/12774
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12774
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inequality
Taxation
Income
Wealth Social
Desigualdad
Impuestos
Ingresos
Riqueza
Estructura social
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spelling Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure¿Está realmente disminuyendo la desigualdad en América Latina? Evidencias sobre los ingresos, la riqueza y la estructura socialSolimano, AndrésInequalityTaxationIncomeWealth SocialDesigualdadImpuestosIngresosRiquezaEstructura socialThis paper examines several dimensions of inequality in the Latin American region focusing on top income shares and Gini coefficients, top wealth shares and the size wealth distribution. Itc ompares inequality of income according to household surveys and income inequality using tax data showing the former tends to underestimate top shares and gini coefficients and therefore the extent of inequality. The social structure is assesed for economic elites, the middle class and the working poorUniversidad de Huelva20162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/12774reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/127742026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
¿Está realmente disminuyendo la desigualdad en América Latina? Evidencias sobre los ingresos, la riqueza y la estructura social
title Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
spellingShingle Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
Solimano, Andrés
Inequality
Taxation
Income
Wealth Social
Desigualdad
Impuestos
Ingresos
Riqueza
Estructura social
title_short Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
title_full Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
title_fullStr Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
title_full_unstemmed Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
title_sort Is inequality really declining in Latin America? Evidence on income, wealth and the social structure
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Solimano, Andrés
author Solimano, Andrés
author_facet Solimano, Andrés
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Inequality
Taxation
Income
Wealth Social
Desigualdad
Impuestos
Ingresos
Riqueza
Estructura social
topic Inequality
Taxation
Income
Wealth Social
Desigualdad
Impuestos
Ingresos
Riqueza
Estructura social
description This paper examines several dimensions of inequality in the Latin American region focusing on top income shares and Gini coefficients, top wealth shares and the size wealth distribution. Itc ompares inequality of income according to household surveys and income inequality using tax data showing the former tends to underestimate top shares and gini coefficients and therefore the extent of inequality. The social structure is assesed for economic elites, the middle class and the working poor
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