Posicionamento social e a hipótese da distribuição de renda desconhecida. Brasil : quão pobres, quão ricos e quão desiguais nos percebemos?
By: ROCHA, Rudi.
Contributor(s): URANI, André.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Editora 34, out./dez. 2007Revista de Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 27, 4 , p. 595-615Abstract: Social scale and the hypothesis of the not recognized income distribution. 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 countrys income distribution. Throughout this description, the paper gives support for the hypothesis that Brazilians do not recognize the form of the countrys income distribution and its high degree of inequality. Also, we present a brief discussion on the causes and consequences of this knowledge gapSocial scale and the hypothesis of the not recognized income distribution. 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 countrys income distribution. Throughout this description, the paper gives support for the hypothesis that Brazilians do not recognize the form of the countrys income distribution and its high degree of inequality. Also, we present a brief discussion on the causes and consequences of this knowledge gap
Revista de Economia Política
Outubro Dezembro 2007
v. 27 n. 4 (108)
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