poverty and inequality. To that end, we have used data from the 2001-2015 standard National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa … the programme was responsible for the 10 per cent of the reduction in inequality between 2001 and 2015. From 2001 to 2006 … observed reduction in inequality. Findings suggest that the targeting of the Programme is already very good and that the main …

from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …

trade-offs of benefit designs, estimating costs and impacts on poverty and inequality and assessing operational and … inequality than universal transfers. The hybrid model presents results close to those estimated for the targeted model and has …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … levels or even worse-off than in 2012. This paper also relies on decomposition techniques to investigate the immediate causes … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …

Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary … the State contributes directly and to a large share of inequality. Factors associated to work in the public sector – wages … progressive. Redistributive mechanisms that could revert this inequality, such as taxes and social assistance, are very …

The share of the income inequality explained by the 10% richest members of the Brazilian population is higher than 50 …%). Inequality was measured using an index which is still not much used in the socioeconomic literature, the J-divergence. It can be … corresponding sample estimates can be easily decomposed as the sum of the individual contributions to the total inequality. Publicly …

studied. The results indicate that increased persistent wage inequality is one source behind the increase in persistent … earnings inequality. …

main conclusion is that while education may be important to explain total inequality, there is no evidence that mass … inequality cannot be reduced by educational policies. …