Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

World Development

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-141

  Lustig, Nora ^a   Lopez Calva, Luis F ^b   Ortiz Juarez, Eduardo ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNDP   (United States)

Author keywords

Government transfers; Income inequality; Latin America; Skill premium

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; INCOME; SKILLED LABOR;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84875214844     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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