October 1999 - During the turbulent years 1976-96, aggregate data for Brazil appear to show only small changes in mean … in terms of income alone, the poorest part of urban Brazil has experienced two lost decades. Despite tremendous … macroeconomic instability in Brazil, the country's distributions of urban income in 1976 and 1996 appear, at first glance …

Despite tremendous macroeconomic instability, Brazil?s urban income distributions in 1976 and 1996 appear, at first …