The changing way governments talk about poverty and inequality : evidence from two centuries of Latin American presidential speeches (English)

This study uses text mining techniques on almost 900 presidential "state-of-the-union"--type speeches from 10 Latin American countries from 1819 to 2016. The paper documents a sharp increase in recent decades in references to poverty and inequality. The study's long-term view shows that the way in which poverty and inequality are discussed has been changing. Using a Latent Dirichlet Allocation algorithm, the paper shows that in recent years poverty...

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Author

Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar;

Eizmendi,Axel;

Reyes,German Jeremias;
Document Date
2018/01/22
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8311
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2018/01/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The changing way governments talk about poverty and inequality : evidence from two centuries of Latin American presidential speeches
Keywords
Poverty & Inequality

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Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar; Eizmendi,Axel; Reyes,German Jeremias.

The changing way governments talk about poverty and inequality : evidence from two centuries of Latin American presidential speeches (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8311 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/163671516628297136

The changing way governments talk about poverty and inequality : evidence from two centuries of Latin American presidential speeches (English)

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