The reduction of income inequality and the participation of the top 1% in the Brasil, 2000-2010
According to OECD, the recent process of deterioration of the income distribution chain in developing and developed countries has been marked by increased participation of 1% of households with higher income. In the past decade, Brazil has escaped the general trend of deterioration of the income dis...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | EDITORA 34 |
| Repository: | Revista de Economia Política |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/271 |
| Online Access: | https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/271 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Inequality income distribution desigualdade distribuição de renda |
| Summary: | According to OECD, the recent process of deterioration of the income distribution chain in developing and developed countries has been marked by increased participation of 1% of households with higher income. In the past decade, Brazil has escaped the general trend of deterioration of the income distribution. This paper shows that the reduction of economic inequality was accompanying the reluctance of the participation of top 1%, arguing that the reproduction of the movement more generally requires that this participation has been reduced in the current decade, to enable sustained growth and development with justice social. JEL Classification: D63. |
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