Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.

This paper explores the relationship between the inequality of income distributionand the economic growth of 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries duringthe 1980-2010 period. The study shows that the features of this relationship depend on the income level. In general, inequality is harmful to e...

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Delbianco, Fernando
Dabús, Carlos
Caraballo, María Ángeles
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2014
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Income inequality
economic growth
level of development
developing economies
Latin America.
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
title Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
spellingShingle Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
Income inequality
economic growth
level of development
developing economies
Latin America.
O11
O15
O47
C23.
title_short Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
title_full Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
title_fullStr Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
title_full_unstemmed Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
title_sort Income inequality and economic growth: new evidence from latin america.
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Delbianco, Fernando
Dabús, Carlos
Caraballo, María Ángeles
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Delbianco, Fernando
Dabús, Carlos
Caraballo, María Ángeles
dc.subject.proposal.spa.fl_str_mv Income inequality
economic growth
level of development
developing economies
Latin America.
O11
O15
O47
C23.
topic Income inequality
economic growth
level of development
developing economies
Latin America.
O11
O15
O47
C23.
description This paper explores the relationship between the inequality of income distributionand the economic growth of 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries duringthe 1980-2010 period. The study shows that the features of this relationship depend on the income level. In general, inequality is harmful to economic growth. However, when it comes to the upper tail of the richer countries’ income distribution, higherinequality encourages economic growth and the relation becomes positive. Thus,contrary to the economic policy recommendations for the richer countries, our evidencesuggests that progressive redistributive policies in favor of poorer layers ofpopulation promote economic growth in lower income economies.
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