Has Latin American Inequality Changed Direction? Looking Over the Long Run

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Functional Inequality in Latin America: News from the Twentieth Century....Pages 17-41
The Political Economy of Income Inequality in Chile Since 1850....Pages 43-64
Using Heights to Trace Living Standards and Inequality in Mexico Since 1850....Pages 65-87
Long-Run Human Development in Mexico: 1895–2010....Pages 89-112
Inequality, Institutions, and Long-Term Development: A Perspective from Brazilian Regions....Pages 113-142
Historical Perspectives on Regional Income Inequality in Brazil, 1872–2000....Pages 143-170
Racial Inequality in Brazil from Independence to the Present....Pages 171-194
The Expansion of Public Spending and Mass Education in Bolivia: Did the 1952 Revolution Represent a Permanent Shock?....Pages 195-218
The Lingering Face of Gender Inequality in Latin America....Pages 219-241
Fiscal Redistribution in Latin America Since the Nineteenth Century....Pages 243-282
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Inequality in Latin America: ECLAC’s Perspective....Pages 285-315
The Inequality Story in Latin America and the Caribbean: Searching for an Explanation....Pages 317-338
The Political Economy of Inequality at the Top in Contemporary Chile....Pages 339-363
Structural Change and the Fall of Income Inequality in Latin America: Agricultural Development, Inter-sectoral Duality, and the Kuznets Curve....Pages 365-385
Fiscal Policy and Inequality in Latin America, 1960–2012....Pages 387-406
Challenges for Social Policy in a Less Favorable Macroeconomic Context....Pages 407-419