Poverty and Inequality in the Era of Structural Reforms: The Case of Bolivia

• Main Author: Spatz, Julius (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies, 336
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Labor economics.; Development economics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social Sciences.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Development Economics.; Labor Economics.

Fueled by the ongoing debate about the distributive effects of the Washington Consensus, the dynamics of poverty and inequality have returned to the center of attention of academic scholars, policymakers, and the public at large. The main obstacles to analyzing this issue are incomplete income and c...

Table of Contents:

• The Setting
• Creating National Poverty Profiles and Growth Incidence Curves with Incomplete Income or Expenditure Data
• The Impact of Structural Reforms on the Formal-Informal Divide and the Skilled-Unskilled Divide
• Summary and Implications for Economic Policy.