RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES: WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE DECADE 2000-2010?

Authors

  • Rosiane Tapias Rodrigues Fucape Business School
  • Bruno Funchal Fucape Business School
  • Victor Rangel dos Santos Rodrigues Fucape Business School
  • Danilo Soares Monte-mor Fucape Business School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v14i3.861

Keywords:

Kuznets Curve. Income Inequality. Economic Growth. Panel Data. Brazilian Municipalities.

Abstract

This article aimed to verify the validity of the Kuznets hypothesis for Brazilian cities in 1991, 2000 and 2010. Kuznets (1955) suggests that economic development in its early stages is accompanied with the increase in income inequality, up to a maximum point, and then decreases as the economy develops a curve in a graphic pattern of inverted "U" shape. The study investigates this hypothesis by applying panel data, using information from the Atlas of Brazil Human Development (PNDU, 2013), using the Gini coefficient and Theil L as measures of inequality and per capita income as a measure of growth. The results indicate that the Kuznets hypothesis is accepted under some particularizations, but is rejected in a more general model.

Author Biographies

Rosiane Tapias Rodrigues, Fucape Business School

Mestre em Ciências Contábeis

Bruno Funchal, Fucape Business School

Doutor em Economia

Victor Rangel dos Santos Rodrigues, Fucape Business School

Graduando em Ciências Econômicas

Danilo Soares Monte-mor, Fucape Business School

Doutor em Administração e Ciências Contábeis

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Rodrigues, R. T., Funchal, B., Rodrigues, V. R. dos S., & Monte-mor, D. S. (2016). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES: WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE DECADE 2000-2010?. Contextus - Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management, 14(3), 182–201. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v14i3.861

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