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, inequality and poverty are not exactly the same, the trends are very similar: income growth, the fall in inequality and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330769
The extraordinary events that occurred in the country between 2001-2007, with a sharp decline in inequality and the …-factual simulations, we estimate the contribution of these factors to the decline i) in inequality; ii) the percentage of poor; iii) the … of inequality in labor income and per capita income in the country. The results showed that, together, the reduction in …
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This paper tracks progress toward municipal sustainability at the main cities of the Piracicaba River Basin. The sustainability indexes system combines measures of environmental quality, human wellbeing, institutional capacity and anthropogenic pressure. The river and it basin are seen as a life...
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total population, showing that the inequality of the Brazilian income distribution decreased from 1993 to 2004. …
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This article presents methodology for the construction of indices of local sustainability, applied to the cities of the Piracicaba River Basin (Minas Gerais). The proposed methodology combines measures of quality of the microregional environmental system; the quality of life in urban areas; the...
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The extraordinary events that occurred in the country between 2001-2007, with a sharp decline in inequality and the …-factual simulations, we estimate the contribution of these factors to the decline i) in inequality; ii) the percentage of poor; iii) the … of inequality in labor income and per capita income in the country. The results showed that, together, the reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923182
, inequality and poverty are not exactly the same, the trends are very similar: income growth, the fall in inequality and poverty …. -- household surveys ; income distribution ; income inequality ; income poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746386
2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …, Social Security contributed to surprisingly large increases in inequality due to the rise in pensions to the well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616508
2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …, Social Security contributed to surprisingly large increases in inequality due to the rise in pensions to the well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308580
This article provides an analysis of the propriety and opportunity of a macrosectoral analysis of Brazilian social security, in order to favor the understanding of the performance and challenges that cross each of its sectoral policies and contribute to the reflection on the common logic that...
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