RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES: WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE DECADE 2000-2010?

This article aimed to verify the validity of the Kuznets hypothesis for Brazilian cities in 1991, 2000 and 2010. Kuznets (1955) suggests that economic development in its early stages is accompanied with the increase in income inequality, up to a maximum point, and then decreases as the economy devel...

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Main Authors: Rosiane Tapias Rodrigues, Bruno Funchal, Victor Rangel dos Santos Rodrigues, Danilo Soares Monte-mor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2016-12-01
Series:Contextus
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/contextus/article/view/32281