Distribution of income and poverty among families in Brazil, 1980-1983

Vol. 5 No. 3 (1985)

Jul-Sep / 1985
Published July 1, 1985
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Hoffmann, Rodolfo. 1985. “Distribution of Income and Poverty Among Families in Brazil, 1980-1983”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 5 (3):370-80. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571985-3050.
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Distribution of income and poverty among families in Brazil, 1980-1983

Rodolfo Hoffmann
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Piracicaba) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 5 No. 3 (1985), Jul-Sep / 1985, Pages 370-380

Abstract

Using yearly data on the distribution of income among families, in Brazil, the
paper shows that in the period 1980-83 the inequality of that distribution is stable but that
the absolute poverty did increase, as a consequence of the economic crisis. The analysis is
carried out for Brazil and for four regions: Northeast, Southeast, South, and Middle-West.
It is shown that the decrease of average family income was greater in the most industrialized
regions.

JEL Classification: J31; O15.


Keywords: Income distribution poverty

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