Life is Unfair in Latin America, But Does it Matter for Growth?

Luisa Blanco

World Development, 2010, vol. 38, issue 3, 393-404

Abstract: Summary I analyze the effect of inequality on economic growth in Latin America, where inequality is measured as the area of family farms as a percentage of the total area of agricultural holdings. Using data from 18 Latin American countries during 1960-2004, I find that inequality has a nonlinear effect on economic growth. Overall, for the countries included in this analysis, the share of family farms has a positive significant effect on economic growth. These findings are robust to controlling for several factors, using a different indicator of inequality (land Gini), and addressing for endogeneity.

Keywords: inequality; agriculture; economic; growth; Latin; America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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