| Description |
ix, 253 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- Latin America.
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Equality -- Latin America.
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Latin America -- Economic policy -- 21st century.
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Latin America -- Social policy -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe.
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Lustig, Nora.
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United Nations Development Programme.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780815704102 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780815704447 (electronic bk.) |
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