What Drives Differences in Inequality across Countries?

This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the importance of individual decisions, such as fertility, mating, labor force participation, and household structure, while at the same time including information on the importance of different income sources. The decomposition is applied to household survey data from 35 countries from 6 regions in the world. The empirical results provide insights into the transmission mechanisms through which inequality is generated.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Miguel Székely
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Social Management, Income, Consumption and Saving, Poverty, J12 - Marriage • Marital Dissolution • Family Structure • Domestic Abuse, J13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth, simulation techniques;mating;fertility;household surveys;WP-439;income distribution;equality,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010788 https://publications.iadb.org/en/what-drives-differences-inequality-across-countries
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