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Thoughts on the inequality of opportunities: new evidence

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  • Annegues, Ana Claudia
  • Rodrigues de Oliveira, Victor
  • Souza, Wallace Patrick Santos de Farias

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This article evaluates the effects of a set of variables on the inequality of opportunities in Brazil, using the method developed by Li, Chen and Gao (2011) and combining data from the National Household Survey (PNAD) and Finanças do Brasil (FINBRA) on the Brazilian states for 1995-2012. The results show that economic growth has become less important in that debate than other conditioning factors over the last few years. The current pattern of education spending contributes to the maintenance of social vulnerability, thereby making it harder for individuals to participate fully in society. In contrast, increases in formal education and formalization have made opportunities less unequal.

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  • Annegues, Ana Claudia & Rodrigues de Oliveira, Victor & Souza, Wallace Patrick Santos de Farias, 2017. "Thoughts on the inequality of opportunities: new evidence," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
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