Social Security in Latin America: Pressure Groups, Stratification, and Inequality

A comprehensive and sophisticated study of the relationship between social security policy and inequality in Latin America. Individual case studies of Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico are presented, that provide a historical analysis of each country's social security policy, the pressure groups involved, the present structure of the systems, and a statistical examination of the inequality among these pressure groups.

Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 11/15/1978
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780822984689

About the Author
Carmelo Mesa-Lago is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Pittsburgh.