Long-Term Income Inequality in Latin America

<div>This is the replication package for Astorga,
Pablo. 2024. Revealing the diversity and complexity of long-term income
inequality in Latin America: 1920-2011. <i>Journal of Economic History</i>,
84(4).This paper analyses and
documents new long-term income inequality series for Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela based on dynamic social tables with four
occupational groups. This enables the calculation
of comparable Overall (4 groups) and Labor Ginis<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> (3
groups) with their between- and within-groups components. The main findings
are: the absence of a unique inequality pattern over time; country outcomes characterized
by trajectory diversity and level divergence during industrialization, and by commonality
and convergence post 1980; the occurrence of</a> inequality-levelling episodes with
different timing and length; and significant changes in trends, but also evidence
indicating persistence.<br></div>