Ageing Poorly? : Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

Ageing Poorly? : Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10 percentile ratio falling by almost 40 percent. Al...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Firpo, Sergio P., Messina, Julian
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
INEQUALITY
EARNINGS
RIF REGRESSIONS
GINI COEFFICIENT
WAGE GAPS
MINIMUM WAGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848401490881734831/Ageing-poorly-accounting-for-the-decline-in-earnings-inequality-in-Brazil-1995-2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26359

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848401490881734831/Ageing-poorly-accounting-for-the-decline-in-earnings-inequality-in-Brazil-1995-2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26359

Similar Items