The microeconomics of income distribution dynamics: in East Asia and Latin America

By François Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Nora Lustig. 2004

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This volume presents a collection of studies on the dynamics of income inequality based on micro data. Using a simple but powerful empirical methodology, the authors analyze the roles of prices, occupational choice, and educational choice in accounting for household income and its contribution to inequality. It casts doubt on the grand theories of growth and income inequality that have dominated discussions in development economics. It paves the way for a full-blown, micro-based general equilibrium theory of income determination and income inequality.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Declining inequality in Latin America: Some economics, some politics * (2011, unknown): “Zooming in: Brazil • Low growth during most of the period • Decomposition of change in wage inequality: • Change in Relative Wages => Effect Equalizing • Change in Composition for Education and Experience =>Slightly Unequalizing (Bourguignon et al., 2005) “paradox of progress) 14”
Decomposing the recent inequality decline in Latin America (2013, background): “For instance, Bourguignon et al. (2005) found evidence for some Latin American countries that rapid technological change and structural reform in the 1990s was only slightly counterbalanced by an increase in average educational levels.”
Openness, inequality and poverty: Endowments matter (2006, background): “Second, whether from specific trade liberalization episodes or from cross-country studies, the evidence on the relation between trade liberalization and inequality is conflicting (see for example, Bourguignon et al. 2005, Table 10.1).”
Trade liberalization, employment flows, and wage inequality in Brazil (2007, unknown): “See Lemieux (2002) and Bourguignon et al. (2004) for discussions.”
THE RISE AND FALL OF BRAZILIAN INEQUALITY: 1981–2004 (2006, unknown): “In addition, there is some evidence that indexation is not perfect, and that real wages are lower during high-inflation periods (Cardoso, 1992). There is, in fact, considerable support in the literature for the proposition that inflation has distributional consequences, and can lead to higher povert”
Declining inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: the cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico (2012, background): “That is, Mexico is still experiencing what Bourguignon et al. (2005) called a “paradox of progress.”
Beyond Oaxaca–Blinder: Accounting for differences in household income distributions (2008, unknown): “[12] and look at changes over time in seven developing countries.”
Can the Paris deal boost SDGs achievement? An assessment of climate mitigation co-benefits or side-effects on poverty and inequality (2019, background): “can be played by the differential in labour productivity between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors (Bourguignon & Morrisson, 1998); reforms in the labour market; or an expansion of education and changes in population dynamics (Bourguignon et al., 2005).”
Cities, Territories, and Inclusive Growth: Unraveling Urban–Rural Linkages in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico (2015, methodology): “Education is a tool of social mobility and equity (Lam, 1999; London˜o, 1996), although inequality could increase at the beginning of the transition to higher average levels of schooling in the population (Bourguignon, Ferreira, & Lustig, 2004).”