The Rise and Fall of Brazilian Inequality : 1981-2004

Measured by the Gini coefficient, income inequality in Brazil rose from 0.57 in 1981 to 0.63 in 1989, before falling back to 0.56 in 2004. This latest figure would lower Brazil's world inequality rank from 2nd (in 1989) to 10th (in 2004). Poverty incidence also followed an inverted U-curve over...

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Main Authors:	Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Leite, Phillippe G., Litchfield, Julie A.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ALLOCATION EFFECT BETWEEN-GROUP COMPONENTS CALORIC REQUIREMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY COLLEGE EDUCATION CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COST OF FOOD DATA SET DATA SETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY DECOMPOSITION RESULTS DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES DEVELOPING WORLD DISTRIBUTIONAL DYNAMICS DYNAMIC DECOMPOSITION EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS ELDERLY WOMEN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLANATORY POWER FACTOR COMPONENTS FAMILY INCOME FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD BASKET FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INCOME INCOME CONVERGENCE INCOME DATA INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOME SHARE INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECLINES INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY DYNAMICS INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY TRENDS INSURANCE LABOR LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARGINAL RETURNS MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEDIAN INCOME NATIONAL ACCOUNTS OBSERVED CHANGES PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY CHANGES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SHARE POPULATION SUBGROUP POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY DEFICIT POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SERIES PROGRAMS PROPORTIONAL CHANGE PURE INEQUALITY EFFECT QUESTIONNAIRES REAL INCOMES REAL WAGES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL INEQUALITY RURAL AREAS SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SURVEY DESIGN TARGETING TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSFERS URBAN AREAS WORLD INEQUALITY
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The Rise and Fall of Brazilian Inequality : 1981-2004

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