Estudos do CEPE (Dec 2016)

INEQUALITY OF INCOME IN THE MICROREGIONS OF THE JEQUITINHONHA VALLEY - MINAS GERAIS

  • Maria Isabel Schierholt,
  • Geraldo Edmundo Silva, Jr.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17058/cepe.v0i44.7315
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 44
pp. 17 – 38

Abstract

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This paper studied the determinants of income inequality in the regions Jequitinhonha Valley. Based in a methodology that includes different measures of inequality in the hypothesis testing the Kuznets inverted-U, panel data estimation techniques, it was found that the region has supported important constraints for checking the hypothesis of Kuznets-Oshima. It was also verified that the relationship between the different sectors would be in different stages of the inverted-U function. Therefore, economic policies that envisage the reduction of regional disparities may consider the diversity and stages of development of municipalities.

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