EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1
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Resumo: | Based on a macroregional approach, this article aims at examining the potential impacts of the pandemic and the emergency monetary payments proposed by the government on income inequality in Brazil. It also highlights the central role that social policies play in supporting families' income in crisis times. Combining a new virus of rapid transmission, the lack of an effective drug or vaccine, and overwhelmed health systems, the global health crisis adds another layer of economic and social hardship in the form of social distancing measures. Although necessary, the latter have negatively impacted economic activity, causing a crisis in supply (the paralysis and/or strong reduction in companies' activity) and demand (the significant losses of the working class, which saw their jobs and income abruptly plummet). Despite being impacted by the sharp drop in revenue and increased health expenditures, governments worldwide have put in place emergency programs that simultaneously try to save the jobs and income of the most vulnerable workers and populations and financially support companies. In Brazil, emergency programs have focused on preserving jobs and income aimed at mitigating the losses of formal and informal workers. However, how they were thought, their insufficiency, the delay in their implementation, and their bureaucratic obstacles caused significant losses to the employment and income of the population. Using IBGE data, I suggest two potential fallouts of the current emergency programs: 1) the greater concentration of people at the base of the income structure and their relatively lower average income will reduce the impact to the poorer macro-regions, given the reach and the value of the proposed aid; and 2) the monetary payments will improve the income distribution at the expense of workers in the middle and upper strata of the distribution. |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1PROGRAMAS EMERGENCIAIS E PANDEMIA: IMPACTOS SOBRE A MASSA DE RENDA E A DESIGUALDADE NO BRASIL A PARTIR DE UM RECORTE MACRORREGIONALInequality. Income. COVID-19. BrazilDesigualdade. Renda. COVID-19. BrasilBased on a macroregional approach, this article aims at examining the potential impacts of the pandemic and the emergency monetary payments proposed by the government on income inequality in Brazil. It also highlights the central role that social policies play in supporting families' income in crisis times. Combining a new virus of rapid transmission, the lack of an effective drug or vaccine, and overwhelmed health systems, the global health crisis adds another layer of economic and social hardship in the form of social distancing measures. Although necessary, the latter have negatively impacted economic activity, causing a crisis in supply (the paralysis and/or strong reduction in companies' activity) and demand (the significant losses of the working class, which saw their jobs and income abruptly plummet). Despite being impacted by the sharp drop in revenue and increased health expenditures, governments worldwide have put in place emergency programs that simultaneously try to save the jobs and income of the most vulnerable workers and populations and financially support companies. In Brazil, emergency programs have focused on preserving jobs and income aimed at mitigating the losses of formal and informal workers. However, how they were thought, their insufficiency, the delay in their implementation, and their bureaucratic obstacles caused significant losses to the employment and income of the population. Using IBGE data, I suggest two potential fallouts of the current emergency programs: 1) the greater concentration of people at the base of the income structure and their relatively lower average income will reduce the impact to the poorer macro-regions, given the reach and the value of the proposed aid; and 2) the monetary payments will improve the income distribution at the expense of workers in the middle and upper strata of the distribution.A partir de um recorte macrorregional, o objetivo deste artigo é examinar os possíveis desdobramentos da pandemia e dos auxílios monetários emergenciais propostos pelo governo para a massa de renda e a desigualdade de renda corrente no Brasil. Como tem sido apontado amplamente no debate nacional e internacional, a crise sanitária global (que combina um novo vírus de rápida contaminação, a inexistência de medicamento eficaz ou vacina e a saturação dos sistemas de saúde) soma-se a uma profunda crise econômica e social, fruto das necessárias medidas de distanciamento social enquanto forma de contingência para o espraiamento da doença. Tais medidas, embora necessárias, impactaram negativamente a atividade econômica provocando uma crise de oferta, devida à paralisação e/ou forte redução na atividade das empresas, e de demanda, decorrente das perdas expressivas da classe trabalhadora, que viu seus empregos e sua renda despencarem abruptamente. Os governos, ao redor de todo o mundo, apesar de serem impactados pela forte queda de suas receitas e aumento de despesas com saúde, colocaram em ação programas emergenciais para tentar salvar os empregos e a renda dos trabalhadores e das populações mais vulneráveis, ao mesmo tempo em que socorriam as empresas. No Brasil, destacam-se os programas emergenciais de preservação do emprego e da renda destinados a amenizar as perdas dos trabalhadores formais e informais. No entanto, a forma como foram pensados, sua insuficiência, a demora em sua efetivação e os entraves burocráticos fizeram com que ocorressem expressivos prejuízos para o emprego e a renda da população. Os dados disponibilizados pelo IBGE e as estimativas traçadas pelo presente estudo sugerem dois movimentos: 1) a maior concentração de pessoas na base da estrutura de renda e sua renda média relativamente menor farão com que as macrorregiões mais pobres sejam menos impactadas, dados o alcance e o valor dos auxílios propostos; e 2) a desigualdade de renda estrutural brasileira, mais que a forma como foram pensados os programas, tenderá a permitir uma melhora da distribuição pessoal da renda às custas do empobrecimento dos trabalhadores dos estratos intermediários e superiores da distribuição.Universidade de Taubaté2020-12-15info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdr/article/view/599210.54399/rbgdr.v16i4.5992Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Desenvolvimento Regional; Vol. 16 No. 4 (2020): Edição EspecialRBGDR; Vol. 16 Núm. 4 (2020): Edição EspecialRevista Brasileira de Gestão e Desenvolvimento Regional; v. 16 n. 4 (2020): Edição Especial1809-239X10.54399/rbgdr.v16i4reponame:Revista brasileira de gestão e desenvolvimento regionalinstname:Universidade de Taubaté (UNITAU)instacron:UNITAUengporhttps://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdr/article/view/5992/1042https://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdr/article/view/5992/1043Copyright (c) 2020 Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Desenvolvimento Regionalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTrovão, Cassiano José Bezerra Marques2020-12-16T02:14:16Zoai:ojs2.rbgdr.net:article/5992Revistahttps://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdrPUBhttps://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdr/oai||monicafcarniello@gmail.com1809-239X1809-239Xopendoar:2020-12-16T02:14:16Revista brasileira de gestão e desenvolvimento regional - Universidade de Taubaté (UNITAU)false |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 PROGRAMAS EMERGENCIAIS E PANDEMIA: IMPACTOS SOBRE A MASSA DE RENDA E A DESIGUALDADE NO BRASIL A PARTIR DE UM RECORTE MACRORREGIONAL |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 Trovão, Cassiano José Bezerra Marques Inequality. Income. COVID-19. Brazil Desigualdade. Renda. COVID-19. Brasil |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 |
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EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND PANDEMIC: IMPACTS ON THE MASS OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL FROM A MACRO-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE1 |
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Trovão, Cassiano José Bezerra Marques |
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Trovão, Cassiano José Bezerra Marques |
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Trovão, Cassiano José Bezerra Marques |
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Inequality. Income. COVID-19. Brazil Desigualdade. Renda. COVID-19. Brasil |
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Inequality. Income. COVID-19. Brazil Desigualdade. Renda. COVID-19. Brasil |
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Based on a macroregional approach, this article aims at examining the potential impacts of the pandemic and the emergency monetary payments proposed by the government on income inequality in Brazil. It also highlights the central role that social policies play in supporting families' income in crisis times. Combining a new virus of rapid transmission, the lack of an effective drug or vaccine, and overwhelmed health systems, the global health crisis adds another layer of economic and social hardship in the form of social distancing measures. Although necessary, the latter have negatively impacted economic activity, causing a crisis in supply (the paralysis and/or strong reduction in companies' activity) and demand (the significant losses of the working class, which saw their jobs and income abruptly plummet). Despite being impacted by the sharp drop in revenue and increased health expenditures, governments worldwide have put in place emergency programs that simultaneously try to save the jobs and income of the most vulnerable workers and populations and financially support companies. In Brazil, emergency programs have focused on preserving jobs and income aimed at mitigating the losses of formal and informal workers. However, how they were thought, their insufficiency, the delay in their implementation, and their bureaucratic obstacles caused significant losses to the employment and income of the population. Using IBGE data, I suggest two potential fallouts of the current emergency programs: 1) the greater concentration of people at the base of the income structure and their relatively lower average income will reduce the impact to the poorer macro-regions, given the reach and the value of the proposed aid; and 2) the monetary payments will improve the income distribution at the expense of workers in the middle and upper strata of the distribution. |
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