(1) CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina;(2) Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 6 e/47 y 48, 5to Piso, Of. 516, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Abstract:
During the 1980s and 1990s fertility decisions varied significantly and not uniformly along the income distribution in Argentina.
In this paper we study the effects of these demographic changes on income poverty and inequality by applying microeconometric
decomposition techniques. In particular, we simulate the equivalized household income distribution that would emerge if individuals
observed in a given base year had taken fertility decisions as they did in another different year. The results suggest that
these demographic factors have contributed considerably to the changes in poverty and inequality experienced by Argentina
since the 1980s.