Argentina

Sources:

Overall inequality: Gini coefficient for household equivalised income from SEDLAC (Source: Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS and The World Bank)) (accessed 21 February 2017) EPHC data (averages where multiple observations per year), linked backwards at 2003 to data for 28 main cities from 1998 to 2003, linked at 1998 to data for 15 main cities from 1992 to 1998, linked at 1992 to data for Greater Buenos Aires from 1974 to 1992, linked at 1974 to 1972 estimate in CONADE-CEPAL/Gas del Estado series from Altimir (1986, Cuadro 7).

Top income shares: Shares of top 1 per cent in total gross income (individuals, excluding capital gains) from WID.world, based on work of Alvaredo (2010).

Poverty measures: Percentage of individuals below 50 per cent of median household per capita income from SEDLAC (Source: Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS and The World Bank)) (accessed 21 February 2017), EPHC data (averages where multiple observations per year), linked backwards at 2003 to data for 28 main cities from 1998 to 2003, linked at 1998 to data for 15 main cities from 1992 to 1998, linked at 1992 to data for Greater Buenos Aires from 1974 to 1992.

Dispersion of earnings: No suitable data were found.

Wealth inequality: No suitable data were found.

References:

• Altimir, O, 1986, “Estimaciones de la distibución del ingreso en la Argentina, 1953-1980”, Desarrollo Económico, vol 25: 521-566.
• Alvaredo, F, 2010, “The rich in Argentina over the twentieth century 1932-2004” in A B Atkinson and T Piketty, editors, Top incomes: A global perspective, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Gasparini, L and Cruces, G, 2008, “A distribution in motion: The case of Argentina”, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
• Gasparini, L, Cruces, G and Tornarolli, R, 2011, “Recent trends in income inequality in Latin America”, Economia, vol 11: 147-190.