Barbosa, Rogério J.; Soares, Sergei - 2020
incomes. Indeed, if there were no increase inequality Brazil would have made further progress in reducing poverty even amid … 2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … 2015 and 2018 accrued to the top 5%. Most distributional statistics suggest Brazil in 2018 was either back at the same …