Uma análise das principais causas da queda recente na desigualdade de renda brasileira
By R. P. E. Barros, Mirela de Carvalho, S. Franco, Rosane Mendonça. 2006
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In the last years, we are testifying an important changing in the Brazilian income distribution. Since 2001, inequality is decreasing considerably. Nevertheless, Brazil is still one of the world champions with respect to high inequality, which makes the sustainability of this decreasing one fundamental issue for the future country agenda. Although this recent fall is not the biggest nor the most extended of the last 30 years, if it continues it could turn into an unprecedented fact. The main objective of this study is to investigate the main consequences and immediate causes of this recent decline in income inequality between 2001 and 2004. Based on a series of micro counterfactual simulations, we identify and quantify the contribution of demography, the improvement of the social protection network and changes in the labor market. Attention is also given to the changes occurred in the associations and interactions between these factors.
Subfields: Sociology and Political Science
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- Recent trends in inequality and poverty in developing countries (2013, background): “(2005); Barros et al. (2006) and Bourguignon et al. (2008), for methodological proposals; Bourguignon et al. (2005) for applications to Asia and Latin America, and Inchauste et al.”
- Decomposing the recent inequality decline in Latin America (2013, methodology): “Barros et al. (2006) compute each counterfactual simulation in a nested fashion (as shown in Box 1).”
- The impact of the Bolsa Escola/Familia conditional cash transfer program on enrollment, dropout rates and grade promotion in Brazil (2012, background): “Turning to Brazil, Barros et al. (2006) estimate that the Bolsa Familia program decreased poverty and income inequality in that country, and Ferro, Kassouf and Levison (2007) show that the Bolsa Familia program reduced child labor.”