This article seeks to define and characterize the urban structure of Santiago, Chile, based on the relation between its inhabitants’ places of residency and work, which form local labour market zones. The article explains the criteria and methodological procedures used to define these zones, and it describes them on the basis of this functional definition, to determine the extent to which they underpin the social inequalities prevailing in the city. It also makes a spatial analysis of income inequality, access to education and the composition of the social classes.…
El propósito del presente artículo es delimitar y caracterizar la estructura urbana de Santiago de Chile a partir de la relación entre los lugares de residencia y de trabajo de sus habitantes, que conforman zonas de mercado laboral local. Se exponen los criterios y procedimientos metodológicos empleados, de acuerdo con los cuales se establecen estas zonas y se las describe sobre la base de esta delimitación funcional, a fin de determinar en qué medida condicionan las desigualdades sociales en la ciudad. Se analizan en términos espaciales la desigualdad de ingresos, el acceso a la educación y l…
The 2015 edition of Social Panorama of Latin America analyses poverty trends, as measured by ECLAC. It also examines changes in income distribution and in other aspects of inequality. With a view to contributing to the development of public policies to overcome poverty and socioeconomic inequality, this edition examines the latest trends in social
spending and the challenges posed by demographic change, and provides in-depth analysis of persistent gaps in the labour market, of the challenges facing policies and programmes that foster inclusion in the labour market and production, and of social…
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