The Rise and Fall of Brazilian Inequality: 1981-2004

The Rise and Fall of Brazilian Inequality: 1981-2004

Brazil's Gini coefficient rose from 0.57 in 1981 to 0.63 in 1989, before falling back to 0.56 in 2004. Poverty incidence rose from 0.30 in 1981 to 0.33 in 1993, before falling to 0.22 in 2004. This paper presents a preliminary investigation of the determinants of Brazil's distributional re...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Leite, Phillipe G., Litchfield, Julie A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
Price Level
Inflation
Deflation E310
Analysis of Education I210
Education: Government Policy I280
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
Regional Labor Markets
Population
Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5727

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