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Table 2 Decomposition of the main indicators of inequality

From: Decomposing inequality changes in Uruguay: the role of formalization in the labor market

	2001–2013				2001–2006				2006–2013
	90–10	90–50	50–10	Gini	90–10	90–50	50–10	Gini	90–10	90–50	50–10	Gini
Total change	−0.258	−0.167	−0.091	−0.059	0.058	0.029	0.029	0.01	−0.317	−0.196	−0.121	−0.069
	[0.0205]	[0.0145]	[0.0147]	[0.00118]***	[0.0214]	[0.0148]	[0.0164]	[0.00131]***	[0.0116]	[0.0082]	[0.0085]	[0.00103]***
Returns	−0.129	−0.157	0.028	−0.062	0.051	0.017	0.034	0.007	−0.19	−0.174	−0.016	−0.063
	[0.0231]	[0.0143]	[0.0181]	[0.000336]***	[0.0207]	[0.0141]	[0.0162]	[0.000213]***	[0.0122]	[0.0079]	[0.0096]	[0.000222]***
Composition	−0.007	0.031	−0.038	−0.01	0.028	0.017	0.011	0.006	−0.084	−0.006	−0.078	−0.013
	[0.0135]	[0.0096]	[0.0091]	[0.00114]***	[0.0073]	[0.0058]	[0.0040]	[0.00133]***	[0.0064]	[0.0037]	[0.0047]	[0.000985]***
Interaction	−0.122	−0.041	−0.081	0.013	−0.022	−0.006	−0.016	−0.002	−0.043	−0.016	−0.026	0.007
	[0.0158]	[0.0095]	[0.0134]	[0.000622]***	[0.0060]	[0.0042]	[0.0043]	[0.000255]***	[0.0070]	[0.0034]	[0.0062]	[0.000303]***
Total	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Returns	50 %	94 %	−31 %	105 %	88 %	59 %	117 %	70 %	60 %	89 %	13 %	91 %
Composition	3 %	−19 %	42 %	17 %	48 %	59 %	38 %	60 %	26 %	3 %	64 %	19 %
Interaction	47 %	25 %	89 %	−22 %	−38 %	−21 %	−55 %	−20 %	14 %	8 %	21 %	−10 %

Source: own estimations based on household surveys
***Significant at 1 %

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