The earnings share of total incomein latin america, 1990-2010

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ID11650528
AuthorsMarc Abélès (0000-0002-3809-7907), Martín Abeles, Amarante (0000-0003-3642-7009), Daniel Vega (0000-0001-9149-5309), Daniel A Vega (0000-0003-0376-3559)
Year2014
Volume2014
Issue114
Pages29-49
Publication date2014-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCEPAL review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348
PublisherUnited Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18356/336e8ad4-en
OpenAlexW1711726027
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

This article analyses the share of total income represented by employment earnings in the countries of Latin America over the last two decades. It first considers the wage share of gross domestic product (gdp) and then adds in the earnings of self-employed workers. The findings indicate that both total wages and total earnings declined as a share of gdp in most of the region s countries over the period, although there were some exceptions. The reduction in earnings inequality seen over the past decade was not usually accompanied by an increase in the gdp share of earnings. This means that the improvement in personal income distribution was not matched by an improvement in functional distribution

Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Earnings · Earnings per share · Economics · Efficiency wage · Gross domestic product · Income distribution · Inequality · Labour economics · Latin Americans · Macroeconomics · Political science · Wage · Wage share · Economic Theory and Policy · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Political Economy and Marxism · Accounting

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