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Income Inequality of the Brazilian Amazon Population

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  • de Almeida-Gabriel, Flávio Braga

    (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE))

  • Ribeiro, Márcio Luiz

    (Universidade de São Paulo (USP-ESALQ))

  • da Luz, João Felipe Ferreira

    (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE))

  • da Costa, Carlos Augusto Lira Vaz

    (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE))

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the behavior of income distribution in the Amazo-nian States of Brazil from 2004 to 2015. As complementary objectives, we sought to determine theimmediate causes of any differences of Household IncomePer Capita(HIPC) distribution in theLegal Amazon, based on the static decomposition of the Gini Index, and to analyze the dynamicdecomposition of the Gini Index considering HIPC portions. This methodology used microdatafrom the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) for the analyzed period. As a result, the Giniindex of the Legal Amazon HIPC performed differently from that of Brazil (without Legal Amazon).The HIPC portion formed by the income of military and civil servants from the Legal Amazonstood out for having the highest degree of negative progressivity when compared to the rest of thecountry, whereas “government transfers” had the highest degree of positive progressivity, beingresponsible for 36.7 of the Gini Index variation from 2004 to 2015.

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  • de Almeida-Gabriel, Flávio Braga & Ribeiro, Márcio Luiz & da Luz, João Felipe Ferreira & da Costa, Carlos Augusto Lira Vaz, 2022. "Income Inequality of the Brazilian Amazon Population," Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, Associação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos (ABER), vol. 16(1), pages 113-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:rberur:0143
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    Keywords

    Income distribution; Legal Amazon; Brazil;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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