Poverty, Economic Reform, and Income Distribution in Latin America / / ed. by Albert Berry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Alarcón, Diana,; Altimir, Oscar,; Berry, Albert,; Jaime, Tenjo G.,; Larrea, Carlos,; Marshall, Adriana,; McKinley, Terry,; Riveros, Luis A.,; Urani, André,
• HerausgeberIn: Berry, Albert ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Latin America’s Economy and Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)

The authors address the causes and consequences of the recent worsening of income distribution in Latin America.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Introduction
• Part 1 Comparative Analyses of Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America
• 1 Confronting the Income Distribution Threat in Latin America
• 2 Income Distribution and Poverty Through Crisis and Adjustment
• Part 2 The Experience of Individual Latin American Countries
• 3 State Intervention, the Labor Market, and Inequality in Argentina
• 4 Chile’s Structural Adjustment: Relevant Policy Lessons for Latin America
• 5 Increasing Wage Inequality and Trade Liberalization in Mexico
• 6 Trade Liberalization, Labor Reform, and Income Distribution in Colombia
• 7 Structural Adjustment, Income Distribution, and Employment in Ecuador
• 8 The Effects of Macroeconomic Adjustment on the Labor Market and on Income Distribution in Brazil
• Part 3 Conclusion
• 9 Conclusion
• References
• Index
• About the Book