Productive Structure and Income Distribution: The Brazilian Case

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 48, pp. 320–332, 2008

Regulation, Competition and Income Distribution Latin American Experiences, 2005, Paraty - RJ. Anais Regulation, Competition and Income Distribution Latin American Experiences, 2005.

Proceedings of the 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Volos, Grécia, 30/08/2006 a 03/09/2006. CD-ROM.

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Guilherme Renato Caldo Moreira

Federação das Insdústrias de São Paulo (FIESP)

Leandro de Oliveira Almeida

Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis Atuáriais e Financeiras (FIPECAFI)

Joaquim Guilhoto

University of Sao Paulo; Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI)

Carlos Roberto Azzoni

University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Economics

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

This study deals with the impacts of structural changes on income distribution in Brazil in the period 1992-2002. A Pure Leontief Model and a Leontief-Miazawa Model were utilized to portray the structure of the economy in both years, and to perform counterfactual simulations on some important changes occurring during the period. The methodology allowed for the identification of the high and low inequality sectors in both years, and to their contribution to the increasing inequality during the period. It is interesting to notice that some sectors with low internal inequality ended-up provoking increased global inequality through their interaction pattern with other sectors in the economy,and through the consumption structure. The results also indicate that the change in sectoral shares in the period contributed to diminishing inequality. Therefore, the causes for increasing inequality remains within the distribution of wages within the sectors.

Suggested Citation

Moreira, Guilherme Renato Caldo and Almeida, Leandro de Oliveira and Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins and Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins and Azzoni, Carlos Roberto, Productive Structure and Income Distribution: The Brazilian Case (2008). The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 48, pp. 320–332, 2008 , Regulation, Competition and Income Distribution Latin American Experiences, 2005, Paraty - RJ. Anais Regulation, Competition and Income Distribution Latin American Experiences, 2005. , Proceedings of the 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Volos, Grécia, 30/08/2006 a 03/09/2006. CD-ROM. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2408060

Guilherme Renato Caldo Moreira

Federação das Insdústrias de São Paulo (FIESP) ( email )

São Paulo
Brazil

Leandro de Oliveira Almeida

Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis Atuáriais e Financeiras (FIPECAFI) ( email )

Rua Maestro Cardim n. 1170
São Paulo, SP
Brazil

Joaquim José Martins Guilhoto (Contact Author)

University of Sao Paulo ( email )

Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908
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Sao Paulo, 05508-010
Brazil
+ 55 011 3091-5870 (Phone)
+ 55 011 3813-4743 (Fax)

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI) ( email )

Paris
France

Carlos Roberto Azzoni

University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Economics ( email )

Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto 908
Sao Paulo SP, 05508-900
Brazil
+55 11 818-5870 (Phone)
+55 11 813-4743 (Fax)

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