TY  - BOOK
TI  - Productivity, social expenditure and income distribution in Latin America
T2  - Production development
U1  - 338.98 21
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Santiago de Chile
PB  - United Nations
KW  - ESTRUCTURA PRODUCTIVA
KW  - DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
KW  - GASTOS PUBLICOS
KW  - AMERICA LATINA
N1  - 1. Introduction .-- 2. The production structure, institutions and income distribution .-- 3. The role of institutions .-- 4. The production structure and income distribution .-- 5. The political economy of unstable equilibrium .-- 6. A simple model of structural change and redistribution .-- 7. Concluding remarks
N2  - his paper discusses the role of institutions and structural change in shaping income inequality. It is argued that while social expenditure and direct redistribution are crucial for improving income distribution, sustainable equality requires structural change to create decent jobs. The relative importance of these variables in different countries is analyzed and a typology suggested. It is argued that the most equal countries in the world combine strong institutions in favor of redistribution and knowledge-intensive production structures that sustain growth and employment in the long run. Both institutions and the production structure in Latin America fail to foster equality and this explains its extremely high levels of inequality. The last decade witnessed significant advances in reducing inequality in Latin America, but these advances are threatened by slow productivity growth and weak structural change
UR  - http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/39533/1/S1500972_en.pdf
ER  -