| Type | Journal Article - CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, August version |
| Title | Is income inequality in Latin America falling? |
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| Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.ecineq.org/ecineq_ba/papers/Gasparini_cruces_tornarolli.pdf |
| Abstract | This paper documents patterns and recent developments on income inequality inLatin America and the Caribbean (LAC). New comparative international evidenceconfirms that LAC is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highestin the world. Income inequality has fallen in the 2000s, suggesting a turning pointfrom the substantial increases of the 1980s and 1990s. The recent fall ininequality is significant and widespread, but it does not seem to be based onstrong fundamentals. |