Social scale and the hypothesis of the not recognized income distribution

Rudi Rocha and André Urani ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2007, vol. 27, issue 4, 595-615

Abstract: Based on the ISSP (1999) survey the aim of the present paper is to provide an empirical description about the perceptions Brazilians have towards their own social positioning in the social scale and towards the country’s income distribution. Throughout this description, the paper gives support for the hypothesis that Brazilians do not recognize the form of the country’s income distribution and its high degree of inequality. Also, we present a brief discussion on the causes and consequences of this knowledge gap. JEL Classification: D31, D63, D83, I31.

Keywords: income distribution; social scale; perception (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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