State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Medeiros,Marcelo
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Souza,Pedro H. G. F.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Political Science Review
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Resumo: Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient, we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary income flows to and from the Brazilian State. The income flows from the State include public sector workers' earnings, Social Security pensions, unemployment benefits, and Social Assistance transfers. The income flows to the State comprise direct taxes and employees' social security contributions. Data come from the Brazilian POF 2008–09. We do not measure indirect contributions to inequality of subsidies granted to and taxation of companies, nor the in-kind provision of goods and services. The results indicate that the State contributes to a large share of family per capita income inequality. Incomes associated with work in the public sector—wages and pensions—are concentrated and regressive. Components related to the private sector are also concentrated, but progressive. Contrary to what has been found in European countries, public spending associated with work and social policies is concentrated in an elite group of workers and, taken as a whole, tends to increase income inequality. Redistributive mechanisms that could reverse this inequality, such as taxes and social assistance, are very progressive but proportionally small. Consequently, their effect is completely offset by the regressive income flows from the State.
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title State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
spellingShingle State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
Medeiros,Marcelo
Income distribution
social inequality
social policies
public work
pensions
title_short State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
title_full State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
title_fullStr State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
title_sort State Transfers, Taxes and Income Inequality in Brazil
author Medeiros,Marcelo
author_facet Medeiros,Marcelo
Souza,Pedro H. G. F.
author_role author
author2 Souza,Pedro H. G. F.
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Souza,Pedro H. G. F.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Income distribution
social inequality
social policies
public work
pensions
topic Income distribution
social inequality
social policies
public work
pensions
description Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient, we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary income flows to and from the Brazilian State. The income flows from the State include public sector workers' earnings, Social Security pensions, unemployment benefits, and Social Assistance transfers. The income flows to the State comprise direct taxes and employees' social security contributions. Data come from the Brazilian POF 2008–09. We do not measure indirect contributions to inequality of subsidies granted to and taxation of companies, nor the in-kind provision of goods and services. The results indicate that the State contributes to a large share of family per capita income inequality. Incomes associated with work in the public sector—wages and pensions—are concentrated and regressive. Components related to the private sector are also concentrated, but progressive. Contrary to what has been found in European countries, public spending associated with work and social policies is concentrated in an elite group of workers and, taken as a whole, tends to increase income inequality. Redistributive mechanisms that could reverse this inequality, such as taxes and social assistance, are very progressive but proportionally small. Consequently, their effect is completely offset by the regressive income flows from the State.
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