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Inequality and the changing nature of work in Peru

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  • Paola Ballon
  • Jorge Dávalos

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This paper identifies the socioeconomic drivers of earnings inequality in Peru in the period 2004-18. Using the ENAHO household surveys and data on routine task content of occupations, we apply inequality decomposition methods to the real earnings distribution, its quantiles, and the Gini index. We find that in this period inequality has reduced, with great improvement attributed to reductions in the gender wage gap and macroeconomic factors.

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  • Paola Ballon & Jorge Dávalos, 2020. "Inequality and the changing nature of work in Peru," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-168, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2020-168
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