[EQ] Inequality, Poverty and Social Policy: Recent Trends in Chile

Inequality, Poverty and Social Policy: Recent Trends in Chile

 

Osvaldo Larrañaga, University of Chile, Chile
No. 85,  08/04/2009, English, 34 pages, doi: 10.1787/224516554144

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD

 

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Abstract:

http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,3425,en_2649_33933_42545457_119684_1_1_1,00.html

 

 

This report aims to outline the main trends in income distribution and poverty in Chile, as well as the role of social policy in these areas.

The report includes five sections:

First, it discusses recent trends in income inequality and poverty, including a brief overview of the data available in the country.

Second, it describes the country’s social protection programs, including with respect to coverage, financing and distributional impact.

The third section examines how social policy has affected poverty reduction in recent decades, which is followed by an analysis of the relative stability of income inequality and its relation topublic policy instruments. Section five presents future trends in social policy and their potential impact on inequality and poverty.

 

 

Content:

 

SUMMARY

RESUME

I. Trends in inequality and poverty

The data

The period under analysis

Trends in income inequality: 1990-2006

Poverty Trends

II. Social protection programs in Chile

Non-contributory transfers (social assistance transfers)

Social Security programs

Social Development Programs

Housing

III. Social policy and poverty reduction

Accumulation of human capital

Income transfers

Anti-poverty Programs

IV. Social policy and income inequality

Household and income structure

Government transfers, taxes and income inequality

Social services and income inequality

Outlook

V. Future developments in social policy

Proposals of the Work and Equity Commission

REFERENCES

 

 

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