Documents et rapports
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Living on the edge : vulnerability to poverty and public transfers in Mexico (anglais)
Social policy in Mexico has focused on identifying and supporting chronically poor households. Yet, Mexico has a significant number of households that are just above the poverty line who are not eligible...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7165 Date du document: 1 janvier 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo,Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos,De La Fuente,Alejandro
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Deconstructing the decline in inequality in Latin America (anglais)
Inequality in Latin America unambiguously declined in the 2000s. The Gini coefficient fell in 16 of the 17 countries where there are comparable data, and the change was statistically significant for all...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6552 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lopez-Calva, Luis F.,Lustig,Nora C,Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo
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Declining inequality in Latin America in the 2000s : the cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico (anglais)
Between 2000 and 2010, the Gini coefficient declined in 13 of 17 Latin American countries. The decline was statistically significant and robust to changes in the time interval, inequality measures, and...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6248 Date du document: 1 octobre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lopez-Calva, Luis F.,Lustig,Nora C,Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo
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A vulnerability approach to the definition of the middle class (anglais)
Measurement of the middle class has recently come to the center of policy debate in middle-income countries as they search for the potential engines of growth and good governance. This debate assumes...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5902 Date du document: 1 décembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lopez-Calva, Luis F.,Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo