Inequality in Central America in the 1990s

Includes bibliography

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Autores principales: Gindling, T.H., Trejos S., Juan Diego
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Publicado: 2014
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spelling oai-11362-110542020-09-28T15:22:16Z Inequality in Central America in the 1990s Gindling, T.H. Trejos S., Juan Diego CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO IGUALDAD MODELOS MATEMATICOS REFORMA ECONOMICA SALARIOS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC REFORM EQUALITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION MATHEMATICAL MODELS WAGES Includes bibliography 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. / 2014-01-02T18:43:54Z 2014-01-02T18:43:54Z 2004-12 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento http://hdl.handle.net/11362/11054 LC/G.2258-P en CEPAL Review CEPAL Review 84 application/pdf AMERICA CENTRAL COSTA RICA CENTRAL AMERICA COSTA RICA
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topic CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
IGUALDAD
MODELOS MATEMATICOS
REFORMA ECONOMICA
SALARIOS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EQUALITY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
WAGES
spellingShingle CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
IGUALDAD
MODELOS MATEMATICOS
REFORMA ECONOMICA
SALARIOS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EQUALITY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
WAGES
Gindling, T.H.
Trejos S., Juan Diego
Inequality in Central America in the 1990s
description Includes bibliography
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Trejos S., Juan Diego
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title Inequality in Central America in the 1990s
title_short Inequality in Central America in the 1990s
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