Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190012 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/167
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Concerns about the dramatic rise in income inequality across the world and, at the same time, assessments of national progress on the Millennium Development Goals made it clear that it is the intersection of income inequality, marginalized social identities and, very often, locational disadvantage which leads to the systematic exclusion of certain groups. In recognition of this, the Sustainable Development Goals now include a commitment to the reduction of income and other inequalities. Our paper uses national data from Brazil between 2002 and 2013 to examine retrospectively how it has performed on some of the indicators relating to the inclusive principles articulated by the SDGs. Our paper examines the extent to which this decline in income inequality was accompanied by a decline in intersecting inequalities and explores some of the economic, political and social explanations given for the country's performance.
Subjects: 
income distribution
intersecting inequalities
labour market segmentation
sustainable development goals
Brazil
JEL: 
D63
I24
O15
O19
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-393-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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