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c E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america america and the Caribbean: What do Household Surveys Tell Us?Leonardo Gasparini, Matias Horenstein y Sergio OlivieriDocumento de Trabajo Nro. 38 Julio, 2006www.depeco econo unlp.edu ar cedlasThis version: March. 2006 Comments welcomeEconomic Polarisationin Latin America and the Caribbean:What do hous Economic polarisation in latin america aehold surveys tell US?Leonardo Gaspar iniMatias HorensteinSergio OlivieriCEDLAS'"Universidad Nacional de La PlataAbstractThis document presents and diEconomic polarisation in latin america a
scusses an extensive set of statistics aimed at characterizing the degree of economic polarisation 111 the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countriec E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america aof economic polarisation, compared to other regions in the world. On average, income polarisation has mildly increased in the region since the early 1990s. The coimtry experiences in terms of income polarisation, however, have been heterogeneous The region has moved forward toward the reduction of e Economic polarisation in latin america aducational inequalities, while the gaps between the rich and the poor in terms of access to basic services (water and electricity) have been reduced.KEconomic polarisation in latin america a
eywords: polarisation, cohesion, inequality. Latin America. CaribbeanJEL codes: 13. D3. D6’ This document IS part of a project on Social Cohesion 111 c E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america a.André Urani. Ezequiel Molina and Ana Pacheco for valuable comments and suggestions. All the views expressed in the paper are the sole responsibility of the authors." E-mails: leonardoifidepeco.econo.unlp.edu.ar. mdhziixfivahoo.coin.ar. and sergio.olivierilfi gmail.com." CEDLAS is the Center for Dis Economic polarisation in latin america atributional. Labor and Social Snidies at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina), www.depeco.econo.unlp.edu.ar cedlas11.IntroductionThere is an iEconomic polarisation in latin america a
ncreasing concern on issues of social cohesion and polarisation arising from the observation that in many countries societies may be separating out inc E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america aa region with traditionally ven,- high levels of inequality, and increasing income disparities over the last two decades.’Social cohesion is likely to be weak when the dispersion in the socioeconomic characteristics of a population is high If people have access to substantially different sets of opp Economic polarisation in latin america aortunities, and enjoy (or suffer) very different living standards, social tensions are likely to emerge An economically polarised country is more likeEconomic polarisation in latin america a
ly to be socially and politically unstable.1 2This study documents the levels and trends of economic polarisation in Latin America and the Caribbean bc E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america a polarisation is more intense and countries-regions where fragmentation has been increasing over time.As a result of the complexity and ambiguity of the concept, there is not an empirical counterpart of the idea of social cohesion. Rather than attempting to justify- a unique indicator, we report dif Economic polarisation in latin america aferent measures of socioeconomic disparities among gloups. In this sense, we present indices of income polarisation and inequality, indicators of diffEconomic polarisation in latin america a
erences in the labour market as well as in the access to social services, and measures of educational gaps. The focus is not only on the levels of polc E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america a of economic polarisation, compared to other regions in the world. On average, income polarisation has mildly increased in the region since the early 1990s. The country experiences, however, have been heterogeneous. While income polarisation substantially increased in some countries, the income dist Economic polarisation in latin america aributions of other LAC economies turned less polarised. The region has moved forward toward the reduction of educational polarisation, and the gaps beEconomic polarisation in latin america a
tween the rich and the poor in terms of access to basic services (water and electricity) have been reducedThe rest of the document is organised as folc E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Am Economic polarisation in latin america a2000). Ganuza et al. (2001). Bourguignon and Morrison (2003) and Gasparini (2004 a) for evidence on inequality in LAC.- Of course, the causality can go both directions: socioeconomic fragmentation can be the consequence of social and political instability. A companion papei explores these links (Gas Economic polarisation in latin america aparini and Molina. 2006).2c E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin Amc E D L A sCentro de EstudiosDistributives, Laborales y SocialesMaestria en Economia Universidad Nacional de La PlataEconomic Polarisation in Latin AmGọi ngay
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