Determinants of unfair inequality in Brazil, 1995 and 2009

This article analyses the trend of unfair inequality in Brazil (1995-2009) using a nonparametric approach to estimate the income function. The entropy metrics introduced by Li, Maasoumi and Racine (2009) are used to quantify income differences separately for each effort variable. A Gini coefficient of unfair inequality is calculated, based on the fitted values of the non-parametric estimation; and the robustness of the estimations, including circumstantial variables, is analysed. The trend of the entropies demonstrated a reduction in the income differential caused by education. The variables “hours worked” and “labour-market status” contribute significantly to explaining wage differences imputed to individual effort; but the migratory variable had little explanatory power. Lastly, the robustness analysis demonstrated the plausibility of the results obtained at each stage of the empirical work.

Quince años de política económica en el Brasil = Fifteen years of economic policy in Brazil

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The growth and decline of import substitution in Brazil

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Posibilidades de expansión de la producción triguera en el Brasil = Possibilities for the expansion of wheat production in Brazil

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An overview of social development in Brazil

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Rol estratégico de la educación media para el bienestar y la equidad = The strategic role of secondary education in achieving well-being and social equity

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The use of poverty lines in Brazil

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Caña de azúcar, producción de alcohol y los intereses de las transnacionales en Brasil = Sugar cane, alcohol production and the interests of transnational corporations in Brazil

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The structural heterogeneity of family farming in Brazil

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Index of political instability in Brazil, 1889-2009

This article aims to develop an index of political instability (ins) in Brazil between 1889 and 2009, reflecting a wide-ranging set of multiple phenomena that represent conflicts between the different social groups. By presenting different definitions of what is understood by political instability in the economics literature and by using multiple historical events —coups d’état, civil conflicts, constitutional or unconstitutional overthrow and changes in the composition of 50% of the ministerial cabinet— different indicators are obtained which are then synthesized into a single index using the principal component technique, to obtain an ins for Brazil between 1889 and 2009.

Education and development in Brazil, 1995-2000

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Macroeconomic volatility and social vulnerability in Brazil: the Cardoso government (1995-2002) and perspectives

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The financial protection impact of the public health system and private insurance in Brazil

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Trade liberalization and industrial pollution in Brazil

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