The Rise and Fall of Brazilian Inequality : 1981-2004

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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6634952/rise-fall-brazilian-inequality-1981-2004
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8336

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