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...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: de Carvalho Filho, Irineu
Övriga upphovsmän: Chamon, Marcos
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/275
Länkar:Full text available on IMF