"Redistributive Constraints under High Inequality: The Case of Mexico"
John Scott

The paper presents a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of redistributive spending in Mexico. It reviews the evolution over the last two decades of the principal redistributive instruments and the distributive outcomes targeted by these instruments (income, land, education, health, nutrition).

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"A Distribution in Motion: The Case of Argentina: A Review of the Empirical Evidence"
Leonardo Gasparini and Guillermo Cruces

This paper documents the changes in the income distribution in Argentina from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s. Over the period inequality increased substantially. Two types of episodes have shaped this upward trend: deep macroeconomic crises and periods of sudden and intense economic liberalization.

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"The Dynamics of Income Concentration over the Twentieth Century: The Case of Advanced Economies"
Facundo Alvaredo and Thomas Piketty

This paper offers an overview of the main findings of a collective research project on income distribution in the long run in advanced countries. The decline in income concentration that took place during the first half of the twentieth century was mostly accidental, and does not seem to have much connection with a Kuznets-type process.

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