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Desigualdad y descontento social en América Latina
January 8th, 2020
Es posible que no estemos midiendo bien la inequidad. Mientras esto ocurra tendremos una mirada parcial y sesgada
Nora Lustig
A raíz de la oleada de protestas en Chile, Colombia y Ecuador, el tema de la alta concentración del ingreso en América Latina volvió a ocupar los titulares. Observo, sin embargo, que hay una incongruencia entre las tendencias detectadas en el comportamiento de la desigualdad y el manifiesto descontento.
El indicador utilizado con mayor frecuencia en las bases de datos internacionales para medir la desigualdad es el coeficiente de Gini (así nombrado por quien lo propuso hace más de un siglo). Cuánto más cerca está el Gini del número cero, menor es la desigualdad. Con un Gini igual a 0.46, América…
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Nora Lustig
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