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Social rifts in Colombia
(1997-04)
This article analyses the levels and evolution of social inequalities in Colombia over the last 25 years, describing the main recent trends in Colombian social development, comparing them with past periods, and contrasting ...
Income distribution, poverty and social expenditure in Latin America
(1998-08)
Great social inequality has long been a frustrating feature of the economic development of Latin America, which has rightly been described as the region of the world with the highest levels of inequality of income distribution. ...
Social Panorama of Latin America 2017
(ECLAC, 2018-02-07)
In this edition of Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC has addressed the questions posed by the countries of the region in three major areas: income inequality between individuals and households and how these relate ...
Capabilities and gender: a sum or system of inequalities? The case of Chile
(2012-08)
Setting out from the broad capability approach put forward by Amartya Sen and working with data from the 2009 National Social Stratification Survey (enes), this article explores the influence of sex on differences in the ...
Productivity, social expenditure and income distribution in Latin America
(ECLAC, 2015-11)
This 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 ...
Tertiarization in Chile: cultural inequality and occupational structure
(2016-08)
Tertiarization, or the shift to service economies with an increasing prevalence of non-manual occupations, has been identified as a central phenomenon in contemporary societies. With the purported numerical and political ...
Inequalities and participation in the digital society: online experiences among children and adolescents in Brazil and Chile
(2022-08)
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the Global Kids Online research network data from Brazil and Chile in 2016 relating to children’s digital access, uses and skills. Results show that high-frequency users tend ...
Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies
(ECLAC, 2013-02)
This FAL Bulletin discusses the challenges involved in creating equality in urban mobility and the need to reach towards a social sustainability framework, as existing policies often accentuate current inequities and ...