The study presents a Leontief-Miyazawa model to study personal and regional income inequality in Brazil. The economy is divided into 31 sectors, in 5 macro regions; households are allocated into 10 income brackets. The study identifies the contribution of different sectors to inequality. The...

The study presents a Leontief-Miyazawa model to study personal and regional income inequality in Brazil. The economy is divided into 31 sectors, in 5 macro regions; households are allocated into 10 income brackets. The study identifies the contribution of different sectors to inequality. The...

O objetivo do trabalho e analisar as desigualdades regionais no Brasil incorporando as distribuicoes pessoais da renda para os anos censitarios de 1960, 1970, 1980 e 1991. Os indicadores tradicionais ignoram as discrepancias entre as distribuicoes interpessoais de renda internas aos estados....

The paper presents an analysis of regional income inequalities in Brazil for the period 1939-1990, based on a data set arranged by the author. Traditional measures of inequality, such as the dispersion of per capita income, are presented together with other measures commonly used in the New...

The paper deals with regional income inequalities in Brazil, incorporating the personal distribution of income within regions. A series of inequality indicators is presented and computed for four different census years, allowing for the analysis of the trends in regional inequalities in Brazil....