Income distribution in Brazil in the 1980s

Vol. 14 No. 3 (1994)

Jul-Sep / 1994
Published July 1, 1994
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How to Cite

Lacerda, Antônio Corrêa de. 1994. “Income Distribution in Brazil in the 1980s”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 14 (3):477-83. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571994-0733.

Income distribution in Brazil in the 1980s

Antônio Corrêa de Lacerda
Do Departamento de Economia da pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo e do Conselho Regional de Economia de São Paulo – Corecon/SP, São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 14 No. 3 (1994), Jul-Sep / 1994, Pages 477-483

Abstract

Contrary to the huge development of the Brazilian economy from the post-war
to the end of the seventies, the eighties signified the rupture of this cycle and the combination
of a chronic inflationary process, the economic stagnation and the worsening of
income inequality. These factors together have not revealed to be neutral concerning the
distributive aspect. Between 1981 and 1989, the income of the 10 per cent richer increased
14,2 per cent, while the income of the 20 per cent poorer decreased 26 per cent. This work
presents some international comparisons, even on the functional as well as on the personal
distribution of income and concludes that this distribution becomes a fundamental aspect
to the stabilization and to the economic-social development recovering.

JEL Classification: O15.


Keywords: Inequality income distribution