Market and Inequality Revisited

Authors

  • Alejandro F. Mercado Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"
  • Tirza J. Aguilar Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35319/lajed.20066247

Keywords:

Market-oriented policy, Working market, Social Mobility

Abstract

The great controversy regarding the results of the application of market-oriented policies on the population's conditions of life, especially about the inequality in the distribution of income, has constituted the concern that has given origin to this paper.
With the objective to test the hypothesis that a free market structure promotes a better income distribution, we have carried out several quantifications of inequality indices in the different structures of the labor market in Bolivia; also, a microsimulation model has been applied, to see whether change toward a market-oriented structure can improve the distribution of income and, lastly, we have carried out an exercise to link income inequality with social mobility.
The reached results, although they are not the sufficiently strong to validate the hypothesis, are sufficiently clear to show us that the free market policies do not act in a negative way on the income distribution.

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Author Biographies

Alejandro F. Mercado, Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"

Director of the Socio-Economic Research Institute of (IISEC).

Tirza J. Aguilar, Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"

Researcher of the Socio-Economic Research Institute of (IISEC).

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Published

2006-04-01

How to Cite

Mercado, A. F., & Aguilar, T. J. (2006). Market and Inequality Revisited. Latin American Journal of Economic Development, 4(6), 147–174. https://doi.org/10.35319/lajed.20066247

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