The myth of post-reform income stagnation in Brazil /

This paper uses Engel curves to estimate real income growth in Brazil. The estimated per capita household real income growth in metropolitan areas during 1987-2002 is about 4 1/2 percent per year, well above the "headline" growth of 1 1/2 percent obtained by deflating nominal incomes by th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Carvalho Filho, Irineu de (Author), Chamon, Marcos (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/06/275.
Subjects:
Inflation (Finance) > Brazil.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) > Brazil.
Inflation > Brésil.
Ajustement structurel (Économie) > Brésil.
Inflation (Finance)
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
Brazil
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY""; ""III. DATA""; ""IV. RESULTS""; ""V. EVIDENCE FROM DURABLE GOODS OWNERSHIP AND ANTHROPOMETRICS""; ""VI. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

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