Latin American Economic Review

Table 2 Decomposition of changes in total income inequality

From: The rise and fall of income inequality in Chile

Period	Levels		Percentages (%)
Period	R(≥18 years old)	\(\lambda _{5} / \lambda _{1}\)	R(≥18 years old)	\(\lambda _{5} / \lambda _{1}\)
1990–1992	−0.70	−0.19	78.25	21.75
1992–1994	1.18	−0.56	191.53	−91.53
1994–1996	0.89	0.27	76.84	23.16
1996–1998	2.36	−0.60	134.01	−34.01
1998–2000	1.29	−0.43	149.25	−49.25
2000–2003	−2.79	0.08	103.07	−3.07
2003–2006	−1.73	−0.74	70.03	29.97
2006–2009	2.70	−0.27	111.27	−11.27
2009–2011	−2.50	0.36	116.74	−16.74

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