“…ii) social security pensions are regressive, especially due to the high concentration of benefits within the system that covers workers in the public sector-in the long run-and considering contributions, this regressiveness is reduced (AFONSO and FERNANDES, 2005;BARROS et al, 2007;FERREIRA, 2006;HOFFMANN, 2003aHOFFMANN, , 2003bHOFFMANN, , 2009MEDEIROS and SOUZA, 2014;RANGEL, VAZ and FERREIRA, 2009;SILVEIRA, 2008SILVEIRA, , 2010; iii) social assistance benefits are very progressive, but contribute little to total inequality given their small share in total income (BARROS et al, 2007;HOFFMANN, 2009;MEDEIROS and SOUZA, 2013;ROCHA, 2008;SOARES et al, 2009); iv) wages paid to public servants have a very unequal distribution, are often higher than those paid in the private sector and tend to be regressive (BARBOSA and SOUZA, 2012;DARÉ, 2011;DARÉ and HOFFMANN, 2012;HOFFMANN, 2009;SOUZA and MEDEIROS, 2013;VAZ and HOFFMANN, 2007). …”