Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63394 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2006/114
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of wealth ownership and wealth inequality in Latin American countries, using diverse published sources and primary data analysis for 16 nations. We produce estimates of the distribution of home ownership, land, and financial assets, and find very high wealth concentration in all these types of assets, with the partial exception home ownership. The relevance of informal assets and the historical patterns of wealth accumulation and concentration since colonial times are discussed. Mechanisms of intergenerational wealth transmission are analyzed for the Chilean case.
Subjects: 
wealth distribution
income distribution
Latin America
home ownership
informal sector
intergenerational transfers
JEL: 
D3
O54
ISBN: 
9291908983
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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