Desigualdad de ingresos laborales y no laborales en Colombia y en cuatro ciudades intermedias. Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Pereira y Cartagena: 2002-2018

Abstract

People’s income comes from various sources. This paper analyzes the evolution of the four most important types of income in each income decile in five intermediate Colombian cities —Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bucaramanga and Pereira— and at the national level. Through the analysis of absolute values and the growth of income from work, pensions, transfers and rents between 2002 and 2018, this detailed study identifies possible causes for the reduction and stagnation of inequality in each city. Of note is the progressive growth of labor and rental income in the lower deciles of Bucaramanga and Barranquilla; the expansion of transfers income among the poorest in Cartagena, while their rental income contracted; and the collapse of labor income among the richest in Pereira, while their transfers income progressively grew.