Income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys

In this paper we measure the degree of income related inequality in mental health as measured by the GHQ instrument and general health as measured by the EQOL-5D instrument for

The heterogeneity of the effects discussed above has an impact on the decomposition of the inequality measures, as shown in section 2. We now use these parameter estimates in order to

The coefficients of the proxy for household income are negative for kerosene, solar and others implying that with an increase in income, households are less likely to

For our sample, we select heads of household between the ages of 18 and 60 years of age (inclusive) who participate in the labor market, and of whom we have information on wages.

In that context, this paper exploits information about intrahousehold transfers from employed to unemployed spouses in the Spanish Survey of Household Finances to study the

On the other hand, the combined effect of objective job characteristics, such as doubling wage (or household income), normal hours of work, permanent public sector job,

If the share of own contribution in household income has a positive effect on own private consumption relative to other members, it is interpreted as evidence against the

Similarly other factors like the household size, the number of adult household members working or the sex of the household head are statistical significant in explaining