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Combating Inequality: Is There a “Scandinavian Way” to Reduce Inequality in Latin America? Cover

Combating Inequality: Is There a “Scandinavian Way” to Reduce Inequality in Latin America?

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|Jul 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Gini coefficients disposable household income, OECD average and Nordic countries, 1990–2014.

Figure 2

Economic inequality in Norway.

Figure 3

Gini coefficients, disposable household income, Scandinavia and selected Latin American countries (2013).

Table 1

Real GDP per capita, US $ in 1996 Constant Prices (Laspeyres).

CountryYearReal GDP per capita
Honduras20002054
Bolivia20002721
Ecuador20003467
Guatemala20003913
Norway19354081
El Salvador20004434
Peru20004582
Paraguay20004682
Colombia20005380
Costa Rica20005863
Panama20006066
Venezuela20006420
Brazil20007185
Mexico20008766
Uruguay20009612
Chile20009919
Argentina200010994
Norway200027044

[i] Sources: Heston et al. (2002), Moene and Wallerstein (2003).

Table 2

Employment Norway 2016.

EmployedRegistered unemployedOutside of the labor forceStudents
Men82.91.114.91.1
Women77.90.919.81.6

[i] Source: Own elaboration based on numbers from Statistics of Norway.

Figure 4

Redistributive effects on Gini coefficient of marginal changes in different components of individual income.

Figure 5

Latin America and the Caribbean (15 countries): average inequality, Gini coefficient of per capita family income, 2002–2016.

Figure 6

Ratio of hourly wages of high education to low education workers.

Figure 7

Unionization rates, selected countries Latin America and Scandinavia.

Table 3

Sector shares of the economy.

Share of GDP
Agriculture and fisheriesManifacture, mining and constructionServices
Norway 193016,730,452,9
Norway 1960932,458,9
Latin America 20124,525,773

[i] Sources: CEPAL: Anuario Estadístico de América Latina (2014), Statistics Norway (1995).

Language: English
Page range: 53 - 66
Published on: Jul 2, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2019 Benedicte Bull, published by Stockholm University Press
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