Income distribution in Brazil in the 1980s

• Main Author: Lacerda, Antônio Corrêa de
• Publication Date: 1994
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista de Economia Política
• Download full: https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1298
• topic: Desigualdade; distribuição de renda; Inequality; income distribution

Contrary to the huge development of the Brazilian economy from the post-warto the end of the seventies, the eighties signified the rupture of this cycle and the combinationof a chronic inflationary process, the economic stagnation and the worsening ofincome inequality. These factors together have not revealed to be neutral concerning thedistributive aspect. Between 1981 and 1989, the income of the 10 per cent richer increased14,2 per cent, while the income of the 20 per cent poorer decreased 26 per cent. This workpresents some international comparisons, even on the functional as well as on the personaldistribution of income and concludes that this distribution becomes a fundamental aspectto the stabilization and to the economic-social development recovering. JEL Classification: O15.