Social scale and the hypothesis of the not recognized income distribution

Vol. 27 No. 4 (2007)

Oct-Dec / 2007
Published March 17, 2020
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Rocha, Rudi, and André Urani. 2007. “Social Scale and the Hypothesis of the Not Recognized Income Distribution: Brazil: How Poor, How Rich and How Unequal We See Ourselves?”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 27 (4):595-615. https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/582.
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Social scale and the hypothesis of the not recognized income distribution

Brazil: how poor, how rich and how unequal we see ourselves?

Rudi Rocha
Mestre em economia pelo Instituto de Economia da UFRJ e pesquisador do IETS — Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade, Rio de Janeiro
André Urani
Professor do Instituto de Economia da UFRJ e diretor do IETS — Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 27 No. 4 (2007), Oct-Dec / 2007, Pages 595-615

Abstract

Based on the ISSP (1999) survey the aim of the present paper is to provide an empirical description about the perceptions Brazilians have towards their own social positioning in the social scale and towards the country’s income distribution. Throughout this description, the paper gives support for the hypothesis that Brazilians do not recognize the form of the country’s income distribution and its high degree of inequality. Also, we present a brief discussion on the causes and consequences of this knowledge gap.

JEL Classification: D31, D63, D83, I31.


Keywords: income distribution social scale perception