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...
Main Authors: | Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Leite, Phillipe G., Litchfield, Julie A. |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5727 |
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