LEADER 03534nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910791256403321 005 20230207232531.0 010 $a1-282-55830-7 010 $a9786612558306 010 $a0-8157-0444-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011110 035 $a(EBL)536944 035 $a(OCoLC)638859993 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000456552 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11290062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000456552 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10407603 035 $a(PQKB)11378525 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC536944 035 $a(OCoLC)649906436 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35232 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL536944 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389814 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL255830 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011110 100 $a20100311d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDeclining inequality in Latin America$b[electronic resource] $ea decade of progress? /$fLuis F. Lopez-Calva, Nora Lustig, editors 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-0410-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : explaining the decline in inequality in Latin America : technological change, educational upgrading, and democracy / Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva and Nora Lustig -- Labor earnings inequality : the demand for and supply of skills / Jaime Kahhat -- The political economy of redistributive policies / James A. Robinson -- The dynamics of income concentration in developed and developing countries : a view from the top / Facundo Alvaredo and Thomas Piketty -- A distribution in motion : the case of Argentina / Leonardo Gasparini and Guillermo Cruces -- Markets, the state, and the dynamics of inequality in Brazil / Ricardo Barros, Mirela de Carvalho, Samuel Franco, and Rosane Mendonca -- Mexico : a decade of falling inequality : market forces or state action? / Gerardo Esquivel, Nora Lustig, and John Scott -- Inequality in post-structural reform Peru: the role of market forces and public policy / Miguel Jaramillo and Jaime Saavedra. 330 $aLatin America is often singled out for its high and persistent income inequality. Toward the end of the 1990's, however, income concentration began to fall across the region. Of the seventeen countries for which comparable data are available, twelve have experienced a decline, particularly since 2000. This book is among the first efforts to understand what happened in these countries and why. Led by editors Felipe Lo?pez-Calva and Nora Lustig, a panel of distinguished economists undertakes in-depth analyses of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. In addition, they provide essential background in... 606 $aIncome distribution$zLatin America 606 $aEquality$zLatin America 607 $aLatin America$xEconomic policy$y21st century 607 $aLatin America$xSocial policy$y21st century 615 0$aIncome distribution 615 0$aEquality 676 $a339.2/2098 701 $aLo?pez-Calva$b Luis Felipe$01471282 701 $aLustig$b Nora$0922997 712 02$aUnited Nations Development Programme. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791256403321 996 $aDeclining inequality in Latin America$93683532 997 $aUNINA