Inequality in Central America in the 1990s

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cepal.callNumberX/C 22(84/2004)
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cepal.idSade22348
cepal.topicEngINEQUALITY
cepal.topicEngINCOME DISTRIBUTION
cepal.topicSpaDESIGUALDAD
cepal.topicSpaDISTRIBUCIÓN DEL INGRESO
cepal.workareaEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaEngSTATISTICS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
cepal.workareaSpaESTADÍSTICAS
dc.contributor.authorTrejos S., Juan Diego
dc.contributor.authorGindling, T.H.
dc.coverage.spatialEngCENTRAL AMERICA
dc.coverage.spatialEngCOSTA RICA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA CENTRAL
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCOSTA RICA
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T18:43:54Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T18:43:54Z
dc.date.issued2004-12
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstract This study seeks to answer two questions: how and why has the distribution of labour income changed in Central America? and why does Costa Rica display greater equity? In order to answer these questions, a technique based on the estimation of earnings equations is used. The direction of the changes in inequality is not uniform and depends on the indicator used. Although only Costa Rica and Guatemala show an unambiguous deterioration in the 1990s, there are some phenomena common to all the labour markets studied that have contributed to increasing inequality. The most important of these is the increased dispersion of the number of hours worked, caused by increasing proportions of part-time and overtime workers in all countries. There are two main reasons for the lower relative inequality in Costa Rica: education is distributed more equally, and wage differences between rural and urban areas are smaller. These results suggest that public policies that universalize primary education and provide economic and social infrastructure to rural communities contribute to reducing inequality. /
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dc.format.extentpáginas. 175-196
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/G.2258-P
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/11054
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescriptionp. 175-196
dc.relation.isPartOfCEPAL Review
dc.relation.isPartOfNo84
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesCEPAL Review
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subject.unbisEngEQUALITY
dc.subject.unbisEngINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject.unbisEngMATHEMATICAL MODELS
dc.subject.unbisEngWAGES
dc.subject.unbisSpaCONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
dc.subject.unbisSpaDISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
dc.subject.unbisSpaIGUALDAD
dc.subject.unbisSpaMODELOS MATEMATICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaREFORMA ECONOMICA
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALARIOS
dc.titleInequality in Central America in the 1990s
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