EXPORTS AND INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE BRAZILIAN FRONTIER, 1870–1937

Zephyr L. Frank

The Journal of Economic History, 2001, vol. 61, issue 1, 37-58

Abstract: In order to examine the relation between exports and inequality, this article first estimates per-capita income, exports, and other indicators of economic development in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Manuscript data are analyzed to measure and interpret three kinds of inequality: of income, of total wealth, and of landholding. The results suggest that exports and foreign ownership contributed far less to inequality than is imagined in dependency theory.

Date: 2001
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