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 coefficie...
Annegues, Ana Claudia
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Figueiredo, Erik Alencar de
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Souza, Wallace Patrick Santos de Farias
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Determinants of unfair inequality in Brazil, 1995 and 2009
Se analiza la evolución de la desigualdad injusta en el Brasil (1995-2009) mediante un enfoque no paramétrico de la estimación de la función de ingresos. Se utilizaron las medidas de entropía de Li, Maasoumi y Racine (2009) a fin de cuantificar separadamente las diferencias de ingresos para cada ...
Figueiredo, Erik Alencar de
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Souza, Wallace Patrick Santos de Farias
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Annegues, Ana Claudia
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Injusticia de la desigualdad: factores determinantes en el Brasil, 1995 y 2009
Alesina and Angeletos (2005) and Alesina and Glaeser (2004) argue that income
redistribution preferences vary systematically between the different regions and
influence the size of government and the composition of public spending. This article
analyses the demand for redistribution in Latin Amer...