An analysis of income inequality evolution in Brazil according to income sources: 1981 to 2004

• Grant number: 06/03667-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2006
• End date: September 30, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Social Welfare Economics
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Guilherme Dácar da Silva Scorzafave
• Grantee: Erica Marina Carvalho de Lima
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto (FEARP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project intent to analyze the effect of different income sources upon the domestic income inequality. For this purpose, it will be used some income inequality decomposition methods. For the cases in which these effects were significant, the reasons will be investigated. The results will be shown according the Brazilian regions and the data used come from the "Pesquisa Nacional de Amostras por Domicílio (PNAD)" of IBGE. (AU)