DIGITAL REPOSITORY
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Según señalan Alesina y Angeletos (2005) y Alesina y Glaeser (2004), las preferencias en materia de redistribución del ingreso varían sistemáticamente entre las diversas regiones e inciden en la dimensión del gobierno y la composición de los gastos públicos. En este artículo se analiza la demanda redistributiva en América Latina, con particular ...

This paper estimates the distributional effects that would result from eliminating the differential tax treatment of business and personal income in the Chilean tax system, as well as from the elimination of the main personal income tax exemption, the one for voluntary retirement savings. The results of the analysis show that, while the majority of ...

Latin America's persistent inequality seem to reflect the lack of specific policies to reduce income disparities. The present study uses econometric techniques to estimate the determinants of the income distribution in the region, in a context in which economic growth seems to coexist with the reduction of inequalities - thereby overcoming the "empty ...