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O presente estudo analisa empiricamente o efeito do crescimento económico sobre as
desigualdades de rendimento nos países em desenvolvimento. A literatura empírica sobre o
tema tem chegado a resultados não consensuais: apesar de existir alguma evidência que
confirma a curva de Kuznets para os países mais desenvolvidos, a relação entre crescimento e
desigualdade nos países em desenvolvimento parece ser mais complexa. Neste estudo, são
estimadas várias regressões usando dados em painel e estimadores de efeitos fixos. Os
resultados demonstram que, em geral, a taxa de crescimento económico tem um efeito
negativo moderado sobre as desigualdades de rendimento nos países em desenvolvimento.
Quando a amostra é desagregada por grupos, os resultados mostram que esse efeito negativo
é mais pronunciado em países da América Latina e Caraíbas, em países autocráticos e em
países colonizados, o que sugere que as características institucionais, económicas e políticas
dos países influenciam a relação crescimento-desigualdade.
This study analyses empirically the effect of economic growth on income inequality in developing countries. The empirical literature on this theme has not reached consensual results: although there is some evidence that confirms the Kuznets curve for developed countries, the relation between economic growth and inequality in developing countries is more complex. In this study, several regressions are estimated using panel data and fixed effects estimators. The results show that, in general, the economic growth rate has a negative moderate effect on income inequality in developing countries. When the sample is disaggregated in groups, the results show that the negative effect is more pronounced in Latin American and Caribbean countries, in autocratic countries and in colonized countries, which suggests that the institutional, economic and political characteristics of countries influence the growth-inequality relation.
This study analyses empirically the effect of economic growth on income inequality in developing countries. The empirical literature on this theme has not reached consensual results: although there is some evidence that confirms the Kuznets curve for developed countries, the relation between economic growth and inequality in developing countries is more complex. In this study, several regressions are estimated using panel data and fixed effects estimators. The results show that, in general, the economic growth rate has a negative moderate effect on income inequality in developing countries. When the sample is disaggregated in groups, the results show that the negative effect is more pronounced in Latin American and Caribbean countries, in autocratic countries and in colonized countries, which suggests that the institutional, economic and political characteristics of countries influence the growth-inequality relation.
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Colonização Crescimento Económico Desigualdade de Rendimento Níveis de Rendimento Países Em Desenvolvimento Regimes Políticos