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| Title: | | Household wealth in Latin America  |
| Authors: | | Torche, Florencia Spilerman, Seymour |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Research Paper, UNU-WIDER, United Nations University (UNU) 2006/114 |
| Abstract: | | This paper provides a descriptive analysis of wealth ownership and wealth inequality in Latin American countries, using diverse published sources and primary data analysis for 16 nations. We produce estimates of the distribution of home ownership, land, and financial assets, and find very high wealth concentration in all these types of assets, with the partial exception home ownership. The relevance of informal assets and the historical patterns of wealth accumulation and concentration since colonial times are discussed. Mechanisms of intergenerational wealth transmission are analyzed for the Chilean case. |
| Subjects: | | wealth distribution income distribution Latin America home ownership informal sector intergenerational transfers |
| JEL: | | D3 O54 |
| ISBN: | | 9291908983 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | WIDER Research Papers, United Nations University (UNU)
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