Efeitos da globalização sobre a desigualdade de renda no Brasil em âmbito regional

Abstract

When investigating the effects of globalization on income inequality in Brazil at the regional level, this study can find that, unlike trade opening, deeper globalization, measured by a multidimensional index specific to regions, causes an increase in income inequality in regionally different proportions, the greatest effects being felt by the Northeast region. The impacts are greatest on the inequality indicators that capture the extremities, further widening the income gap between the top and bottom of the distribution. On wages, the effects of globalization are positive, benefiting relatively more, the higher wages and the wages of the most qualified. Thus, it can be inferred that globalization contributes to accentuate regional asymmetries in Brazil and, although it may present economic gains, there are social costs that must be accounted for, as its benefits are not distributed homogeneously among the regions and between individuals.