Holdings: Exiting Belindia? Lesson from the Recent Decline in Income Inequality in Brazil

Exiting Belindia? Lesson from the Recent Decline in Income Inequality in Brazil

After decades of persistent disparities, inequality in Brazil has fallen steadily over the last fifteen years. This robust rate of decline has surpassed the pace of the Latin American region as a whole, and is taking place as inequality rises in se...

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Main Authors:	Lopez-Calva, Luis F., Rocha, Sonia
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ADVERSE IMPACT ADVISERS ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE CHANGE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES CAPITAL GAINS CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CLERKS COL CONCENTRATION COEFFICIENTS COUNTERFACTUAL DECLINING INEQUALITY DECREASING INEQUALITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DRIVERS EARNING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORMS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY INCOME FAMILY INCOMES FINANCIAL CRISIS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GINI COEFFICIENTS GINI INDEX GRADUAL INCREASE GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DIFFERENTIALS INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHARE INCOME TAX INCOME VARIABLES INCOMES INCREASING SHARE INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR INCOMES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION MACRO POLICY MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MATHEMATICS MEAN INCOME MIDDLE INCOME MINIMUM LEVEL MINIMUM WAGE NEGATIVE IMPACT NUTRITION OBSERVED CHANGES OCCUPATIONS PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOMES PERSONAL INCOME POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY OPTIONS POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY GAP POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC TRANSFERS REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS REDISTRIBUTIVE IMPACT REDUCING INEQUALITY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RENTS RETIREMENT RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL BENEFICIARIES RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL WORKERS SALARIES SALARY SANITATION SECTOR EMPLOYEES SERVANTS SIGNALING EFFECT SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL TRANSFERS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING UNPAID WORKERS UNSKILLED LABOR WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE INCREASES WAGE POLICY WAGES WELL-BEING WELLBEING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16423641/exiting-belindia-lesson-recent-decline-income-inequality-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12808

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16423641/exiting-belindia-lesson-recent-decline-income-inequality-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12808

Exiting Belindia? Lesson from the Recent Decline in Income Inequality in Brazil

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