What drives differences in inequality across countries?
By: by Miguel Székely, Marianne Hilgert.
Contributors: Hilgert, Marianne.; Inter-American Development Bank. Research Dept.
Series: Working paper ;; 439; Working paper series (Inter-American Development Bank. Office of the Chief Economist) ;; 439.
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Equality.; Household surveys.; Income distribution.
Description: This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries.  The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the importance of individual decisions, such as fertility, mating, labor force participation, and household structure, while at the same time including information on the importance of different income sources.  The decomposition is applied to household survey data from 35 countries from 6 regions in the world.  The empirical results provide insights into the transmission mechanism through which inequality is generated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-33).
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