The microeconomics of income distribution dynamics in East Asia and Latin America / Francois Bourguignon, Francisco H.G. Ferreire, Nora Lusting
Imprint
Washington, D.C. World Bank, 2005
Descript
xx, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Decomposing changes in the distribution of household incomes: methodological aspects -- Characterization of inequality changes through microeconometric decompositions: the case of greater Buenos Aires -- Slippery slope: explaining the increase in extreme poverty in urban Brazil, 1976-96 -- The reversal of inequality trends in Colombia, 1978-95: a combination of persistent and fluctuating forces -- Evolution of income distribution during Indonesia's fast growth, 1980-96 -- Microeconomics of changing income distribution in Malaysia -- Can education explain changes in income inequality in Mexico? -- Distribution, development, and education in Taiwan, China, 1979-94 -- Synthesis of the results