This study analyses the impact of fiscal policy on income inequality for the Brazilian states, over the period 2004-2014. With system GMM we find robust evidence that while increases in total expenditures have a positive impacton inequality, total revenues have a negative effect, thus the net effects may not be positive. With a particular focus on disaggregated expenditures, we also identify that the negative effects that expenditures related to public debt can generate may overcome the positive effects of social expenditures. Therefore, the discussion on how to determine and qualify social spending levels in Brazil, which are necessary to combat poverty and reduce social and income inequalities, is directly related to the revision of the t...
In this article it is analyzed the institutional and legal framework of the Brazilian Welfare-State,...
O Brasil é um dos países mais desiguais do mundo, embora tenha apresentado um crescimento econômico ...
Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient, we measure the contribution to inequality of d...
This study analyses the impact of fiscal policy on income inequality for the Brazilian states, over ...
Despite raising an amount of taxes that represents nearly 37% of the countrys GDP and spending over ...
The state aims to meet social needs, promote an efficient use of resources and improve income distri...
The state aims to meet social needs, promote an efficient use of resources and improve income distr...
One of the main problems of economic growth in developing economies is income inequality. Thus many ...
A forma como os frutos do desenvolvimento econômico são distribuídos entre as pessoas está fortement...
Between 2003 and 2014, it was possible to see a significant advance in terms of falling indicators o...
Relative to other countries in Latin America, Brazil has high rates of taxation and large social spe...
Os gastos em infraestrutura no Brasil apresentaram forte redução desde os anos de 1980, e as evident...
Despite raising an amount of taxes that represents nearly 37% of the country’s GDP and spending over...
O total de gasto social do governo somou cerca de R$800 bilhões em 2009, quase 25% do PIB brasileiro...
The paper analyze the Brazilian tax system and its relationship with social inequality. In this matt...
In this article it is analyzed the institutional and legal framework of the Brazilian Welfare-State,...
O Brasil é um dos países mais desiguais do mundo, embora tenha apresentado um crescimento econômico ...
Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient, we measure the contribution to inequality of d...
This study analyses the impact of fiscal policy on income inequality for the Brazilian states, over ...
Despite raising an amount of taxes that represents nearly 37% of the countrys GDP and spending over ...
The state aims to meet social needs, promote an efficient use of resources and improve income distri...
The state aims to meet social needs, promote an efficient use of resources and improve income distr...
One of the main problems of economic growth in developing economies is income inequality. Thus many ...
A forma como os frutos do desenvolvimento econômico são distribuídos entre as pessoas está fortement...
Between 2003 and 2014, it was possible to see a significant advance in terms of falling indicators o...
Relative to other countries in Latin America, Brazil has high rates of taxation and large social spe...
Os gastos em infraestrutura no Brasil apresentaram forte redução desde os anos de 1980, e as evident...
Despite raising an amount of taxes that represents nearly 37% of the country’s GDP and spending over...
O total de gasto social do governo somou cerca de R$800 bilhões em 2009, quase 25% do PIB brasileiro...
The paper analyze the Brazilian tax system and its relationship with social inequality. In this matt...
In this article it is analyzed the institutional and legal framework of the Brazilian Welfare-State,...
O Brasil é um dos países mais desiguais do mundo, embora tenha apresentado um crescimento econômico ...
Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient, we measure the contribution to inequality of d...