Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/189575 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Documento de Trabajo No. 20
Publisher: 
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), La Plata
Abstract: 
This paper has two main objectives. On the one hand, it is aimed at assessing the reliability of poverty and inequality measures in Chile, and their robustness to methodological changes. In particular, we evaluate the impact on the measurement of poverty and inequality of adjustments for non-response, missing values, under-report, implicit rent from own-housing, and regional prices. The second objective of the paper is to review the poverty and inequality literature in Chile. In particular, we focus on the contributions on the level, trends and characteristics of poverty and inequality, and the development of anti-poverty programs, highlighting the main gaps remaining in the literature.
Subjects: 
poverty
inequality
measurement
Chile
JEL: 
D3
I32
O54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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