La desigualdad es un fenómeno difícil de medir por comprender muchas dimensiones y requerir datos no siempre disponibles. Habitualmente el foco se pone en la renta, que representa el flujo de ingresos recibidos en un período de tiempo (por ejemplo, salario, dividendos, alquileres, etc.). Sin embargo, la riqueza, entendida como el total de activos (saldo […]

Income inequality has increased in many developed and developing countries over the last four decades, which has generated growing interest from the academic and policy communities in its measurement and determinants.    The standard source for measuring income inequality and redistribution is household surveys, which tend to underestimate top incomes and do not capture countries’ […]