LABOR INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: EVIDENCES FROM BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES

Authors

  • Bruno Benzaquen Perosa Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Instituto de Economia e Relações Internacionais (IERI). Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5953-6235
    • Carlos César Santejo Saiani Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Instituto de Economia e Relações Internacionais (IERI). Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-1514
      • Patrick Leite Santos Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Instituto de Economia e Relações Internacionais (IERI). Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6082-8975

        DOI:

        https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.83930

        Keywords:

        Industrialization, Income distribution, Curve of Kuznets, Panel data

        Abstract

        This paper presented an empirical investigation of the relation between
        industrialization and labor income on Brazilian municipalities. Based on the Brazilian
        debates on income distribution and Kuznets curve, specially the dual economy hypotheses, this research found a nonlinear relation between labor income inequality and
        industrialization, here considered as the share of industrial sector on product and jobs.
        Considering municipal data from 2000 to 2010, parametric (fixed effects, random effects and Tobit) and nonparametric (Kernel-Weighted Local Polynomial Regression) regressions offered relatively robust evidence suggesting that the curve relating inequality
        and industrialization has a “U-inverted” shape. In conclusion, labor income distribution
        is aggravated (reduced) when the industrial sector increases its share (on both the product and jobs), but, after a certain level, the distribution starts to get better.

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        Author Biographies

        Bruno Benzaquen Perosa, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Instituto de Economia e Relações Internacionais (IERI). Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

        Doutor em Economia de Empresas - EESP/FGV

        Mestre em Engenharia de Produção - UFSCar

        Bacharel em Economia - UNESP 

        Carlos César Santejo Saiani, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Instituto de Economia e Relações Internacionais (IERI). Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

        Doutor em Economia de Empresas - EESP/FGV

        Mestre em Economia - USP-RP

        Bacharel em Economia - USP-RP

        Published

        2021-06-27

        How to Cite

        Perosa, B. B., Saiani, C. C. S., & Santos, P. L. (2021). LABOR INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: EVIDENCES FROM BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES. Análise Econômica, 39(79). https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.83930