Inequality in Brazil : A Regional Perspective /

In this study, we document the decline in income inequality and a convergence in consumption patterns in Brazilian states in a new database constructed from micro data from the national households' survey. We adjust the state-Gini coefficients for spatial price differences using information on...

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मुख्य लेखक: Goes, Carlos
अन्य लेखक: Karpowicz, Izabela
स्वरूप: पत्रिका
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
श्रृंखला:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/225
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:Full text available on IMF
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