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Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: CESifo Seminar SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262255400
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin AmericaDDC classification:
  • 346.56707
LOC classification:
  • HC130.P6P715 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America -- I The Transmission of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America -- 1 The Colonial Origins of Inequality -- 2 Earnings Inequality and Educational Mobility in Brazil over Two Decades -- 3 Race Discrimination or Inequality of Opportunities -- II Spatial Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America -- 4 Consumption Growth and Spatial Poverty Traps -- 5 Spatial Externalities between Brazilian Municipios and Their Neighbors -- III Economic Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America -- 6 Macroeconomic and Distributional Effects of Devaluation in a Dollarized Economy -- 7 Medium-Term Impacts of the Oportunidades Conditional Cash-Transfer Program on Rural Youth in Mexico -- 8 The Impact of Brazil's Tax-Bene t System on Inequality and Poverty -- Appendix -- Contributors List -- Index.
Summary: Experts examine the dynamics of poverty and inequality in Latin America and policies to address them using new tools and data.
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Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America -- I The Transmission of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America -- 1 The Colonial Origins of Inequality -- 2 Earnings Inequality and Educational Mobility in Brazil over Two Decades -- 3 Race Discrimination or Inequality of Opportunities -- II Spatial Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America -- 4 Consumption Growth and Spatial Poverty Traps -- 5 Spatial Externalities between Brazilian Municipios and Their Neighbors -- III Economic Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America -- 6 Macroeconomic and Distributional Effects of Devaluation in a Dollarized Economy -- 7 Medium-Term Impacts of the Oportunidades Conditional Cash-Transfer Program on Rural Youth in Mexico -- 8 The Impact of Brazil's Tax-Bene t System on Inequality and Poverty -- Appendix -- Contributors List -- Index.

Experts examine the dynamics of poverty and inequality in Latin America and policies to address them using new tools and data.

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