Social security is concerned on easing the impact of contingencies that lead to capacity loss for generating income. There are, however, conceptual differences between genders with respect to social security contributions and benefits. This text is concerned with equality and specificity in the...

The paper presents a survey of the main theoretical schools approaching the determination of income distribution profiles. Since Adam Smith, classical political economy had its focus on the relations between functional income distribution and the development process, proposing that growth could...