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0036/2014 - A estabilidade da desigualdade de renda no Brasil, 2006 a 2012

Author:

• Marcelo Medeiros - Medeiros, M. - Brasilia – - Universidade de Brasília, Dep. Sociologia. Asa Norte, Brasília, 70910-900 - <Medeiros@igualdade.org.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-5996

Co-author(s):

• Fabio Avila Castro - Castro, Avila Fabio - Universidade de Brasilia - <fabioavcastro@yahoo.com.br>
• Pedro HGF Souza - Souza, HGF Pedro - Universidade de Brasília - <pedrosouza@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde

Abstract:

Object: the level and the evolution of income inequality among adults in Brazil, 2006 to 2012, as measured in tax and household survey data. Objectives: to calculate the level of inequality, its behavior over the years and the share of growth appropriated by different social groups. In addition, to examine the implications of the use of different methods or alternative data sources. Methods: we combine data from individual income reports for tax returns (DIRPF) and from a household survey (PNAD) to construct a complete distribution of income among adults. Departing from tabulated tax information we applied Pareto interpolations to arrive at the distribution within income classes. We tested results comparing PNAD to other household surveys (POF and Census), examining the implications of adopting either alternative database. Results: we found evidence that the income inequality in Brazil is higher than what has been considered so far and remained stable between 2006 and 2012. Therefore we diverge from a large part of the studies about the dynamics of inequality in Brasil. The weight of the top incomes determined a trend of stability, not decline, in inequality. There was income growth, but this growth was mainly appropriated by the rich.

Keywords:

Social Inequality; Social Conditions; Social Class; Income Income Distribution Rich;

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Medeiros, M., Castro, Avila Fabio, Souza, HGF Pedro. A estabilidade da desigualdade de renda no Brasil, 2006 a 2012. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2014/Sep). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/a-estabilidade-da-desigualdade-de-renda-no-brasil-2006-a-2012/15020?id=15020



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