Desconcentração Do Consumo Em Meio À Concentração De Renda? Evolução e Decomposição Da Desigualdade De Gastos Entre 1996 e 2003 No Brasil Metropolitano (original) (raw)

By using micro data from POF (Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar) for years of 1995-96 and 2002- 03 and considering Brazilian metropolitan population, the paper presents evidence about the evolution of the inequality levels for per capita familiar spending and per capita familiar consumption distributions. Among the most important results, it shows that, first, the reductions in the inequality levels for these distributions are more robust that these of per capita familiar income distribution. Second, it shows that the per capita familiar consumption inequality reduction is responsible for 47.5% of the inequality reduction observed for total spending. Third, it is also found that, on one hand, spending dynamic of Habitation, Hygiene and Personal Care and of Wearing favored total consumption inequality and, on the other hand, the dynamic spending of Education, Health, Food and of Personal Services favored total consumption inequality increasing. Finally, by taking Recife and São Paulo me...