Table 4 Labour market income inequality...

Table 4

Labour market income inequality in Brazil: sensitivity of inequality and impact of changes in group sizes and mean income

Group	Deviation from average contribution to G $(η_{i} G_{i} O_{i} + 2 {\dot{η}}_{i} {\dot{F}}_{U i}) - G$	Sens. to group size $\frac{\partial G}{\partial θ_{i}}$	Sens. to group mean income $\frac{\partial G}{\partial ϵ_{i}}$	Pop. change $Δ p_{i}$	Mean income change^a $Δ_{%} μ_{i} - Δ_{%} μ_{U}$	Group size impact $Δ p_{i} \frac{\partial G}{\partial θ_{i}}$	Group mean income impact $(Δ_{%} μ_{i} - Δ_{%} μ_{U}) \frac{\partial G}{\partial ϵ_{i}}$
1: Employers	1.683	0.492	0.050	−0.011	−0.107	−0.006	−0.005
2: Self-employed	−0.014	0.029	−0.012	−0.024	0.176	−0.001	−0.002
3: Formal workers	−0.095	−0.137	0.015	0.093	−0.137	−0.013	−0.002
4: Informal workers	−0.125	0.032	−0.053	−0.058	0.148	−0.002	−0.008

Group	Deviation from average contribution to G $(η_{i} G_{i} O_{i} + 2 {\dot{η}}_{i} {\dot{F}}_{U i}) - G$	Sens. to group size $\frac{\partial G}{\partial θ_{i}}$	Sens. to group mean income $\frac{\partial G}{\partial ϵ_{i}}$	Pop. change $Δ p_{i}$	Mean income change^a $Δ_{%} μ_{i} - Δ_{%} μ_{U}$	Group size impact $Δ p_{i} \frac{\partial G}{\partial θ_{i}}$	Group mean income impact $(Δ_{%} μ_{i} - Δ_{%} μ_{U}) \frac{\partial G}{\partial ϵ_{i}}$
1: Employers	1.683	0.492	0.050	−0.011	−0.107	−0.006	−0.005
2: Self-employed	−0.014	0.029	−0.012	−0.024	0.176	−0.001	−0.002
3: Formal workers	−0.095	−0.137	0.015	0.093	−0.137	−0.013	−0.002
4: Informal workers	−0.125	0.032	−0.053	−0.058	0.148	−0.002	−0.008

Note(s): ^aThe change in mean income is defined subtracted from the overall change in mean income, given that the Gini coefficient is scale-invariant

Source(s): Prepared by the author based on data from PNAD, 2002/2011

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