Effects of growth and reduction of income inequality on poverty in Northeastern Brazil, 2003-2008

This article aimed to investigate the main determinants of individual income inequality and analyze the characteristics of the interrelation among poverty, inequality and economic growth for the states of the Northeast region of Brazil, from 2003 to 2008. For that, we used decompositions based on th...

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Main Authors: Vladimir Faria dos Santos, Wilson da Cruz Vieira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-80502013000400006&lng=en&tlng=en