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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2001

Zephyr L. Frank
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 37 - 58
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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