Twenty Years of Wage Inequality in Latin America
This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp reduction starting in 2002. The Gini coefficient of wages increased from 42 to 44 between 1995 and 2002 and declined to 39 by 2015...
Main Authors: | Messina, Julian, Silva, Joana |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/182211567536793752/Twenty-Years-of-Wage-Inequality-in-Latin-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32348 |
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