Income inequality in Colombia: empirical evidence in the period 1990-2018

This paper studies and describes income inequality in Colombia and its average schooling, using cross-sectional data from different specialized databases for the period 1990 to 2018, in order to highlight recentdynamics of inequality reduction. These dynamics go against the trend of gradual increase...

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Main Author:	Salazar Garcia, Juan Sebastian
Format:	Online
Language:	spa
Published:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2020
Subjects:	Inequality Income Inequality Economics of Education Colombia Desigualdad Desigualdad de ingresos Economía de la Educación Desigualdade desigualdade de renda economia da educação Colômbia
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/12165

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Summary:	This paper studies and describes income inequality in Colombia and its average schooling, using cross-sectional data from different specialized databases for the period 1990 to 2018, in order to highlight recentdynamics of inequality reduction. These dynamics go against the trend of gradual increase in income inequality that developed economies have experienced since 1970. The cross-data show that the apparentimprovement in the average educational level in Colombia, used as a proxy variable for the average level of human capital, is concomitant with the reduction of income inequality.