What are the main drivers of Brazilian income distribution changes in the new millennium?

Abstract

This study has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project on 'Inequality in the giants'.

Changes in prevalence of cognitive impairment and associated risk factors 2000–2015 in São Paulo, Brazil

“…During the time this study was conducted, 2000-2015, Brazil was experiencing an increase in the prevalence of overweight people, obesity, diabetes, systemic arterial hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases [31,32]. On the other hand, Brazil experienced decreases in socioeconomic inequalities with income rises that lasted until 2014 [33], as well as an increase in educational background of the population [34] and improvements in access to public health care [35].…”

Understanding Twenty Years of Inequality and Poverty Trends in Russia

“…The forces behind these similar trends appear somewhat different however. If changes in the distribution of earnings appear central in both countries, Tsounta and Osueke (2014) and Neri (2018) show that educational expansion played a key role in the decline of inequality in Brazil, and in Latin America more generally. This did not appear relevant to the Russian experience.…”

The Bolsa Família Case: a road to the Unconditional Basic Income

“…In addition, existing Basic Income projects are taken into account (Widerquist, 2019;. Subsequently, the present study focuses on the Bolsa Família experience, narrating the genesis of the program, as well as its implementation and evolution over the years, which makes it possible to look into how the Brazilian socioeconomic indexes (Campello et al, 2013;Neri, 2018) have been affected since the creation of this Income Transfer policy. The main developments of the Bolsa Família project are then analyzed from the theoretical perspective of the UBI with a focus on the aforementioned topics, that is, Freedom, Labor, Politics and Feminism.…”

“…Adicionalmente, os projetos de Renda Básica já existentes serão brevemente citados (Widerquist, 2019;. A partir dessa revisão de literatura, o trabalho trata da experiência do Bolsa Família, narrando a gênese do programa, bem como sua implementação e evolução ao longo dos anos e como os índices socioeconômicos brasileiros (Campello et al, 2013;Neri, 2018) foram afetados desde a criação dessa política de Transferência de Renda. Em sequência, os desdobramentos principais do projeto Bolsa Família são analisados sob o prisma teórico da RBI com foco nos tópicos supracitados: Liberdade, Labor, Política e Feminismo.…”