The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America

by Francisco H . G . Ferreira (Editor), Francois Bourguignon (Editor), NoraLustig (Editor)

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  2004

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  In this study of how income distributions in developing countries evolve, the authors propose a generalization of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of differences in mean earnings, extending it to entire distributions of household incomes. The method uses a model of household income determination to simulate counterfactual distributions of income.