Estimating Income Poverty and Inequality from the Gallup World Poll

Authors

  • Leonardo Gasparini CEDLAS
  • Pablo Glüzmann

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1874-6322.26048

Abstract

This article takes advantage of a new source of information, the 2006 Gallup World Poll, to estimate and characterize income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC with other regions in the world. The Gallup survey has the advantage of being conducted in over 130 nations with almost the same questionnaire; it stands as a complement to national household surveys for international comparison purposes. Our results confirm that Latin American countries are among the most unequal in the world, but we also find, considered as a single unit, Latin America is less unequal than other regions.

Published

2013-01-17

How to Cite

Gasparini, L., & Glüzmann, P. (2013). Estimating Income Poverty and Inequality from the Gallup World Poll. Journal of Income Distribution®, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.25071/1874-6322.26048

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