Understanding Brazil’s falling income inequality

In Brazil, since 1990, the gap between the richest and poorest has been narrowing. Which policies have contributed to this meaningful decline?

In this episode of VoxDevTalks, host Tim Phillips is joined by economist Alysson Portella (Insper) to discuss how Brazil has seemingly defied global trends. Between 1995 to 2015, Brazil has seen a significant and sustained decline in wage inequality. Drawing on a forthcoming paper co-authored with Sergio Firpo, Portella unpacks two decades of data and policy shifts that led to this surprising outcome.

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