The impacts of rapid demographic transition on family structure and income inequality in Brazil, 1981-2011

Bibliographic Data

ID4862864
AuthorsAlexandre Gori Maia (0000-0003-0075-5094, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Camila Strobl Sakamoto (0000-0001-8599-294X, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP))
Year2016
Volume70
Issue3
Pages293-309
Publication date2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.2016.1201588
PMID27538698
OpenAlexW2512220325
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited25

This study analysed the impact of changing family structure on income distribution. Specifically, it analysed how changes in the proportions of different categories of family in the population contributed to increases in the income of the richest and poorest social strata in Brazil, and the consequent impacts on income inequality. Rural and urban families were compared in order to understand how these dynamics had different impacts on more developed (urban) and less developed (rural) areas. The results emphasize how changes observed in family structure are more pronounced among the richest families, contributing to an increase in (i) the income of the richest families and (ii) income inequality between the richest and poorest families, as well as between urban and rural areas

Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Family income · Geography · Income distribution · Inequality · Political science · Population · Rural area · Social inequality · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

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