This paper measures unfair inequality in Brazil using the "responsibility-sensitive" fairness principle. The results show that the levels of fairness in Brazil did not decrease as much as the income concentration levels for the period.

This paper assesses the effects of income redistribution policies on "responsibility-sensitive" fairness levels in major Latin American countries. We consider a justice criterion and analyses the redistribution mechanism (taxation policy) used by countries. The results indicate that taxation...

This paper aims to measure the degree of income mobility in Brazil in the 1987-2005 period. To achieve that, we consider the axiomatic mobility approach and the dynamic tool suggested by Aebi et al. (1999). The transition probability matrix calculations and the mobility index indicate that...