The Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation in Brazil /

This paper uses Engel curves to estimate real income growth in Brazil. The estimated per capita household real income growth in metropolitan areas during 1987-2002 is about 4 1\2 percent per year, well above the "headline" growth of 1 1\2 percent obtained by deflating nominal incomes by th...

Повний опис

Бібліографічні деталі
Автор: de Carvalho Filho, Irineu
Інші автори: Chamon, Marcos
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/275
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
LEADER 01753cas a2200253 a 4500
001 AALejournalIMF009116
008 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d
020 |c 5.00 USD 
020 |z 9781451865356 
022 |a 1018-5941 
040 |a BD-DhAAL  |c BD-DhAAL 
100 1 |a de Carvalho Filho, Irineu. 
245 1 4 |a The Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation in Brazil /  |c Irineu de Carvalho Filho, Marcos Chamon. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b International Monetary Fund,  |c 2006. 
300 |a 1 online resource (34 pages) 
490 1 |a IMF Working Papers 
500 |a <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
500 |a <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
506 |a Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 
520 3 |a This paper uses Engel curves to estimate real income growth in Brazil. The estimated per capita household real income growth in metropolitan areas during 1987-2002 is about 4 1\2 percent per year, well above the "headline" growth of 1 1\2 percent obtained by deflating nominal incomes by the CPI. This suggests a substantial CPI bias during that period, likely owing to one-off effects of trade liberalization and inflation stabilization. The estimated unmeasured gains are higher for poorer households, implying a marked reduction in "real" inequality. This finding challenges the conventional wisdom that post-reform real income growth in Brazil was low. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet 
700 1 |a Chamon, Marcos. 
830 0 |a IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;  |v No. 2006/275 
856 4 0 |z Full text available on IMF  |u http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/275/001.2006.issue-275-en.xml  |z IMF e-Library