Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report
The study analyzes Chile's strong economic growth, and well directed social programs, a combination that reduced the poverty rate in half, during a period of just eleven years. The previously noted trends in falling poverty, in terms of incide...
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okr-10986-154682021-04-23T14:03:14Z Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report World Bank POVERTY INCIDENCE INCOME DISTRIBUTION GROWTH PATTERNS SOCIAL PROGRAMS ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY SEVERITY LEVEL OF EDUCATION FAMILY SIZE WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SOCIAL INDICATORS EDUCATION SECTOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HOUSING INCOME ESTIMATES INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME TRANSFERS PUBLIC SPENDING DEFICITS SUBSIDIES GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDIGENOUS POPULATION CROWDING DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GNP GROWTH RATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING SUBSIDIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TRANSFERS INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MARKET PRICES MEANS TESTING MINIMUM WAGES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PHYSICIANS POOR POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCALE ECONOMIES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS The study analyzes Chile's strong economic growth, and well directed social programs, a combination that reduced the poverty rate in half, during a period of just eleven years. The previously noted trends in falling poverty, in terms of incidence, depth, and severity, continued into 1998, and the analysis shows there was unambiguously less poverty between 1994, and 1998, observed at all levels of income. Clearly, income poverty is related to, and impacted by a number of important factors, such as level of education, larger families, or families headed by women, and employment opportunities. Evidence shows Chile achieved considerable improvements in key social indicators, i.e., infant mortality, life expectancy, and educational coverage, for the combination of the three social sector deficit measures of poverty - education, health, and housing - with the income poverty measure, reveals that fifty one percent of all households have neither social sector, nor income deficits. Nonetheless, income inequality remained high by international standards, and appeared to have worsened between 1994-98. Thus, adjusting income inequality for social spending became an important estimate, particularly if social programs were growing. The methodology estimated imputed income transfers from subsidies in the three sectors, and the analysis confirmed that adjustments for in-kind income transfers, substantially reduce the Gini coefficient on income inequality. Results indicate that Chile's success in reducing income disparities through social spending is linked to its system for targeting social programs. 2013-08-28T21:09:34Z 2013-08-28T21:09:34Z 2001-08-30 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1614764/chile-poverty-income-distribution-high-growth-economy-case-chile-1987-98-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15468 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean Chile |
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POVERTY INCIDENCE INCOME DISTRIBUTION GROWTH PATTERNS SOCIAL PROGRAMS ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY SEVERITY LEVEL OF EDUCATION FAMILY SIZE WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SOCIAL INDICATORS EDUCATION SECTOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HOUSING INCOME ESTIMATES INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME TRANSFERS PUBLIC SPENDING DEFICITS SUBSIDIES GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDIGENOUS POPULATION CROWDING DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GNP GROWTH RATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING SUBSIDIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TRANSFERS INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MARKET PRICES MEANS TESTING MINIMUM WAGES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PHYSICIANS POOR POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCALE ECONOMIES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS |
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POVERTY INCIDENCE INCOME DISTRIBUTION GROWTH PATTERNS SOCIAL PROGRAMS ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY SEVERITY LEVEL OF EDUCATION FAMILY SIZE WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SOCIAL INDICATORS EDUCATION SECTOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HOUSING INCOME ESTIMATES INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME TRANSFERS PUBLIC SPENDING DEFICITS SUBSIDIES GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDIGENOUS POPULATION CROWDING DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GNP GROWTH RATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING SUBSIDIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TRANSFERS INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MARKET PRICES MEANS TESTING MINIMUM WAGES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PHYSICIANS POOR POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCALE ECONOMIES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS World Bank Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report |
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The study analyzes Chile's strong
economic growth, and well directed social programs, a
combination that reduced the poverty rate in half, during a
period of just eleven years. The previously noted trends in
falling poverty, in terms of incidence, depth, and severity,
continued into 1998, and the analysis shows there was
unambiguously less poverty between 1994, and 1998, observed
at all levels of income. Clearly, income poverty is related
to, and impacted by a number of important factors, such as
level of education, larger families, or families headed by
women, and employment opportunities. Evidence shows Chile
achieved considerable improvements in key social indicators,
i.e., infant mortality, life expectancy, and educational
coverage, for the combination of the three social sector
deficit measures of poverty - education, health, and housing
- with the income poverty measure, reveals that fifty one
percent of all households have neither social sector, nor
income deficits. Nonetheless, income inequality remained
high by international standards, and appeared to have
worsened between 1994-98. Thus, adjusting income inequality
for social spending became an important estimate,
particularly if social programs were growing. The
methodology estimated imputed income transfers from
subsidies in the three sectors, and the analysis confirmed
that adjustments for in-kind income transfers, substantially
reduce the Gini coefficient on income inequality. Results
indicate that Chile's success in reducing income
disparities through social spending is linked to its system
for targeting social programs. |
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| title |
Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report |
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report |
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report |
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report |
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report |
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poverty and income distribution in a high growth economy : the case of chile 1987-98, volume 1. main report |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1614764/chile-poverty-income-distribution-high-growth-economy-case-chile-1987-98-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15468 |
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