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Ageing poorly? : accounting for the decline in earnings inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Firpo, Sérgio Pinheiro; … - 2017
The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661672
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Trade and real wages of the rich and poor : evidence from Brazil and Mexico
He, Zheli - 2019
’s productivity growth decreases the relative nominal wage of the poor and the relative price index for the poor in Mexico and Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127386
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Of cities and slums
Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander; … - 2016
) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …
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Inequalities in higher education access and completion in Brazil
McCowan, Tristan; Bertolin, Julio - 2020
inequalities in access. Brazil is a case in point in this regard, with highly restricted admissions for those from low … and 2018. This study analyses trends in access and completion in higher education in Brazil in this period, assessing … opportunities) and horizontality (non-stratified system, avoiding hierarchies of prestige and quality). Brazil shows evidence of a …
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Financial inclusion, economic development, and inequality : evidence from Brazil
Fonseca, Julia; Matray, Adrien - 2022
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Wealth inequality in Brazil
Bhering, Davi; Castro, Fábio Avila de - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322045
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Firms and inequality in Latin America
Eslava, Marcela; Meléndez Arjona, Marcela; Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2024
The relationship between firms and inequality has been a focus of recent attention globally. This chapter summarizes basic facts about this relationship for Latin America. Unlike advanced economies where superstar firm growth has prompted concerns over disproportionate income growth at the top,...
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Firms and inequality in Latin America
Eslava, Marcela; Meléndez Arjona, Marcela; Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2024
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Understanding the growth of the middle class in Bolivia
Beverinotti, Javier; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; … - 2021
In this paper we aim to disentangle how sectoral economic growth affects the size of the middle class, using state-level data of Bolivia from 2000 to 2017 and breaking the three main economic activities into subsectors to attain more-specific results. Because the data from Bolivia are limited,...
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Human capital distribution and the transition from stagnation to growth
Carillo, Mario F. - 2021
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