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Online-Ressource (VIII, 419 p. 90 illus., 59 illus. in color, online resource)
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9783319446219
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INTRODUCTION -- Chapter1. Long-run inequality trends and cycles and the recent inequality downturn in Latin America -- PART I. LONG-RUN TRENDS -- Chapter 2. Functional Inequality in Latin America: News from the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Income Inequality in Chile since 1850 -- Chapter 4. What Human Heights Can Explain about the Evolution of Living Standards and Inequality in Latin America: the Case of Mexican Females and Males, 1850-1992 -- Chapter 5. Long-run Human Development in Mexico: 1895-2010 -- Chapter 6. Inequality, Institutions, and Long-Term Development: A Perspective from Brazilian Regions -- Chapter 7. Historical perspectives on regional income inequality in Brazil, 1872-2000 -- Chapter 9. Racial Inequality in Brazil from Independence to Present -- Chapter 10. The lingering face of gender inequality in Latin America -- Chapter 11. Fiscal Redistribution in Latin America since the Nineteenth Century -- PART II. THE RECENT INEQUALITY DOWNTURN -- Chapter 12. Inequality in Latin America -- Chapter 13. The Inequality Story in Latin America and the Caribbean: Searching for an Explanation -- Chapter 14. The Political Economy of Inequality at the Top in Contemporary Chile -- Chapter 15. Structural change and the fall of income inequality in Latin America - Agricultural development, inter-sectoral duality and the Kuznets curve -- Chapter 16. Fiscal policy and inequality in Latin America 1960-2012 -- Chapter 17. Challenges for Social Policy in a Less Favorable Macroeconomic Context
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book brings together a range of ideas and theories to arrive at a deeper understanding of inequality in Latin America and its complex realities. To so, it addresses questions such as: What are the origins of inequality in Latin America? How can we create societies that are more equal in terms of income distribution, gender equality and opportunities? How can we remedy the social divide that is making Latin America one of the most unequal regions on earth? What are the roles played by market forces, institutions and ideology in terms of inequality? In this book, a group of global experts gathered by the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), show readers how various types of inequality, such as economical, educational, racial and gender inequality have been practiced in countries like Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico and many others through the centuries. Presenting new ideas, new evidence, and new methods, the book subsequently analyzes how to move forward with second-generation reforms that lay the foundations for more egalitarian societies. As such, it offers a valuable and insightful guide for development economists, historians and Latin American specialists alike, as well as students, educators, policymakers and all citizens with an interest in development, inequality and the Latin American region
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Enthält 16 Beiträge
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Open Access. - "On the initiative of Professors Luis Bértola and Jeffrey Williamson, the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), together with the IDB's Social Management, the ECLAC, and the World Bank, organized a regional conference in December 2014 with the motto “Latin American Inequality in the Long Run.” Buenos Aires hosted worldwide experts to identify the historical roots of the problem and to contribute proposals to prevent inequality from remaining the region's distinguishing feature." - Seite v
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319446202
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Regional Conference with the Motto Latin American Inequality in the Long (2014 : Buenos Aires) Has Latin American inequality changed direction? Cham : Springer Open, 2017 ISBN 9783319446202
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3319446207
Language:
English
Keywords:
Lateinamerika
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Soziale Ungleichheit
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eikōn
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Gleichberechtigung
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Umverteilung
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Finanzpolitik
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Konferenzschrift
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-44621-9
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