The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century

This paper offers for the first time income shares of the top 10% and the bottom 40% of the labour force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela in the period 1900-2011. The main findings are: i) over this period the top 10% share is, on average, 51.3% and the bottom 40% share 1...

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Autor: Astorga Junquera, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Economic History
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Latin America
Historia económica
Desarrollo económico
Desigualdad del ingreso
América Latina
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spelling The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th CenturyLos de arriba y los de abajo en América Latina en el siglo veinteAstorga Junquera, PabloEconomic HistoryEconomic DevelopmentIncome InequalityLatin AmericaHistoria económicaDesarrollo económicoDesigualdad del ingresoAmérica LatinaThis paper offers for the first time income shares of the top 10% and the bottom 40% of the labour force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela in the period 1900-2011. The main findings are: i) over this period the top 10% share is, on average, 51.3% and the bottom 40% share 13.2%; ii) in the last thirty years the gap between both tails widened (54.6% vs. 11.9%), despite narrowing inequality in the 2000s; iii) there is no inequality levelling in the middle decades of the last century as experienced in the rich economies. This new long-term evidence confirms that the recent shared decline in inequality has no precedent in the 20th century; but it also shows that, as in the past, high concentration at the top 10% and a relatively low-income share of the bottom 40% continues to be the region’s inequality trademarkUniversidad de Huelva20162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/12773reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/127732026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
Los de arriba y los de abajo en América Latina en el siglo veinte
title The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
spellingShingle The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
Astorga Junquera, Pablo
Economic History
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Latin America
Historia económica
Desarrollo económico
Desigualdad del ingreso
América Latina
title_short The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
title_full The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
title_fullStr The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
title_full_unstemmed The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
title_sort The haves and the have-nots in Latin America in the 20th Century
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Astorga Junquera, Pablo
author Astorga Junquera, Pablo
author_facet Astorga Junquera, Pablo
author_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economic History
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Latin America
Historia económica
Desarrollo económico
Desigualdad del ingreso
América Latina
topic Economic History
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Latin America
Historia económica
Desarrollo económico
Desigualdad del ingreso
América Latina
description This paper offers for the first time income shares of the top 10% and the bottom 40% of the labour force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela in the period 1900-2011. The main findings are: i) over this period the top 10% share is, on average, 51.3% and the bottom 40% share 13.2%; ii) in the last thirty years the gap between both tails widened (54.6% vs. 11.9%), despite narrowing inequality in the 2000s; iii) there is no inequality levelling in the middle decades of the last century as experienced in the rich economies. This new long-term evidence confirms that the recent shared decline in inequality has no precedent in the 20th century; but it also shows that, as in the past, high concentration at the top 10% and a relatively low-income share of the bottom 40% continues to be the region’s inequality trademark
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