, it is shown that the inequality of that distribution is stable and that its degree of polarization has a decreasing trend …. Next, the paper analyses the changes in the inequality between permanent and temporary employees and between those with or … distribution within these worker categories. Finally, the paper shows that the share of regional differences in the inequality of …

This paper aims to explain the immediate causes of per capita income growth, the decline in income inequality and … poverty reduction in five different geographic regions - Brazil, the Northeastern region, the state of Bahia, the metropolitan … earnings. The fall in income inequality, however, did not display such a clear-cut pattern: the richer regions experienced a …

The extraordinary events that occurred in the country between 2001-2007, with a sharp decline in inequality and the … levels of poverty and extreme poverty offers a unique opportunity to examine the most relevant factors to explain changes …-factual simulations, we estimate the contribution of these factors to the decline i) in inequality; ii) the percentage of poor; iii) the …