Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers

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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spelling okr-10986-154692021-04-23T14:03:14Z Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers World Bank AGGREGATE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL AVERAGE INCOMES CENSORED DISTRIBUTION CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DATA AVAILABILITY DATA SET DATA SETS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DIMINISHING RETURNS DISPERSION OF THE DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY GINI COEFFICIENT HIGH GROWTH HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MICRO-DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME CONCEPTS INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARE INCOME TRANSFER INCOMES INCOMES AT THE TOP OF THE DISTRIBUTION INCOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTRIBUTION INCREASING INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL INCOMES INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASURES INSURANCE LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURED INEQUALITY MEDIAN INCOME MONETARY TRANSFERS NOMINAL INCOMES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ISSUES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC GOODS PURCHASING POWER RAPID GROWTH REAL INCOME REGIONAL VARIATIONS RISING INEQUALITY SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES TARGETING UNEMPLOYMENT WELFARE INDICATORS 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 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. 2013-08-28T21:14:19Z 2013-08-28T21:14:19Z 2001-08-30 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1614765/chile-poverty-income-distribution-high-growth-economy-case-chile-1987-98-vol-2-2-background-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15469 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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topic AGGREGATE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL
AVERAGE INCOMES
CENSORED DISTRIBUTION
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISPERSION OF THE DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
GINI COEFFICIENT
HIGH GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MICRO-DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME CONCEPTS
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SHARE
INCOME TRANSFER
INCOMES
INCOMES AT THE TOP OF THE DISTRIBUTION
INCOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTRIBUTION
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
INEQUALITY ESTIMATES
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INSURANCE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MONETARY TRANSFERS
NOMINAL INCOMES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ISSUES
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
TARGETING
UNEMPLOYMENT
WELFARE INDICATORS 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
spellingShingle AGGREGATE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL
AVERAGE INCOMES
CENSORED DISTRIBUTION
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISPERSION OF THE DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
GINI COEFFICIENT
HIGH GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MICRO-DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME CONCEPTS
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SHARE
INCOME TRANSFER
INCOMES
INCOMES AT THE TOP OF THE DISTRIBUTION
INCOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTRIBUTION
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
INEQUALITY ESTIMATES
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INSURANCE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MONETARY TRANSFERS
NOMINAL INCOMES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ISSUES
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
TARGETING
UNEMPLOYMENT
WELFARE INDICATORS 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
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
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description 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.
author World Bank
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author_sort World Bank
title Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_short Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_full Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_fullStr Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_full_unstemmed Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_sort poverty and income distribution in a high growth economy : the case of chile 1987-98, volume 2. background papers
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1614765/chile-poverty-income-distribution-high-growth-economy-case-chile-1987-98-vol-2-2-background-papers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15469
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