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This article analyses the trend of unfair inequality in Brazil (1995-2009) using a nonparametric approach to estimate the income function. The entropy metrics introduced by Li, Maasoumi and Racine (2009) are used to quantify income differences separately for each effort variable. A Gini coefficie...


Annegues, Ana ClaudiaFigueiredo, Erik Alencar deSouza, Wallace Patrick Santos de FariasDeterminants of unfair inequality in Brazil, 1995 and 2009

This paper provides empirical evidence to assess the impact of socioeconomic and political variables on different measures of income inequality based on the 27 units of the Brazilian federation in the period from 1999 to 2008. The Brazilian experience is a good example for understanding the incom...


Ferreira de Mendonça, HelderMartins Esteves, DiogoIncome inequality in Brazil: What has changed in recent years?

En este artículo se analizan los efectos del aumento del salario mínimo en el salario y el empleo en México. Para ello se homologa el salario mínimo en dos zonas del país a finales de 2012 como fuente de variación. Utilizando la Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo (ENOE), se realiza un anális...


Campos, Raymundo M.Esquivel, GerardoSantillán, Alma S.El impacto del salario mínimo en los ingresos y el empleo en México

This article analyses the determinants of both participation in non-farm employment and nonfarm earnings in Ecuador. Using the Dubin-McFadden two-step estimation method, the results show that women are more likely than men to engage in non-farm self-employment but earn significantly less than men...


Vasco, CristianTamayo, Grace NatalieDeterminants of non-farm employment and non-farm earnings in Ecuador

This article analyses the effects of a rise in the minimum wage on wages and employment in Mexico. The source of variation is the equalization in late 2012 of the minimum wage in two areas of the country. Using the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), econometric analyses are perform...


Campos, Raymundo M.Esquivel, GerardoSantillán, Alma S.The impact of the minimum wage on income and employment in Mexico

Non-renewable natural resources (NRNR) contribute a large share of tax revenue in Latin American countries; and the fact that these resources are concentrated in just a few regions generates a high level of territorial inequality. This paper aims to analyse how NRNR revenues could be included in ...


Brosio, GiorgioJiménez, Juan PabloRuelas, IgnacioTerritorial inequality, equalization transfers and asymmetric sharing of non-renewable natural resources in Latin America

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