Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Adriana Conconi  
Author-Workplace-Name: CEDLAS (Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Author-Name: Guillermo Cruces 
Author-Workplace-Name: CEDLAS (Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Author-Name: Sergio Olivieri 
Author-Workplace-Name: CEDLAS (Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Author-Name: Raúl Sánchez  
Author-Workplace-Name: CEDLAS (Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Title: E pur si muove? Movilidad, pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina 
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to contribute with the research of poverty and income distribution by analyzing an often overloooked dimension, social mobility. Given the data restrictions, we focus on intergenerational mobility. We compute three main indicators of mobility for Latin American countries at the beggining of the 1990s and 2000s: the social mobility index (Andersen, 2001), the intergenerational schooling mobility index (Birdsall y Székely, 1998), and the sibling correlation index (Dahan y Gaviria, 1999). Then, we analize the link between the evolution of mobility and that of inequality. The results indicate that mobility increased during the period under study, but there are differences among countries in the region. Also, we found evidence of a negative relation between mobility and inequality.
Classification-JEL: J62, D31, C51
Keywords: Intergenerational mobility, inequality, Latin America, index
Journal: Económica
Pages: 121-159
Volume: LIV
Issue: 1-2
Year: 2008
Month: January-December
File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/Economica/article/view/5492/4498
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:akh:journl:562