Skip to content

Brazil




WORKING PAPER 7
Higgins, Sean & Pereira, Claudiney. (2013, September). The Effects of Brazil’s High Taxation and Social Spending on the Distribution of Household IncomePublic Finance Review 42(3), 346-367.

Earlier Version:

Higgins, Sean and Claudiney Pereira. 2013. “The Effects of Brazil’s High Taxation and Social Spending on the Distribution of Household Income.” CEQ Working Paper 7, CEQ Institute, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue. REVISED May.

Download summary
Descargar resumen (Español)

WORKING PAPER 13 English
Lustig, Nora, Pessino, Carola, & Scott, John. (2013, November). The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay: Introduction to the Special IssuePublic Finance Review 42(3), 287-303.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1091142113506931

Earlier Version:

Lustig, Nora, and Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2013. “The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay: An Overview.” CEQ Working Paper 13, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, REVISED August.

Download summary

WORKING PAPER 13 Español
Lustig, Nora, and Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2014. 
“El impacto del sistema tributario y del gasto social sobre la desigualdad y la pobreza en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, México, Perú y Uruguay: Un panorama general. CEQ Working Paper 13, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, October.

Descargar resumen (Español)

WORKING PAPER 16
Higgins, Sean, Nora Lustig, Whitney Ruble and Tim Smeeding. 2016. “Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States.” Review of Income and Wealth 62 (S1): S22-S46.  

Earlier Version:

Higgins, Sean, Nora Lustig, Whitney Ruble and Tim Smeeding. 2013. “Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States.” CEQ Working Paper 16, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, November.

WORKING PAPER 17 Español
López-Calva, Luis F., Nora Lustig, John Scott y Andrés Castañeda. 2014.  “Gasto social, redistribución del ingreso y reducción de la pobreza en México: evolución y comparación con Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay.” CEQ Working Paper 17, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, REVISED March.

WORKING PAPER 22
Lustig, Nora. 2015. “Fiscal policy and ethno-racial inequality in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Uruguay.” CEQ Working Paper 22, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, January.

WORKING PAPER 31
Lustig, Nora. 2016. “Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.” Journal of Globalization and Development 7(1): 17–60.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jgd-2016-0015

Earlier Version:

Lustig, Nora. 2015. “Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.” CEQ Working Paper 31, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, July.

WORKING PAPER 32 Español
Lustig, Nora and Rodrigo Aranda. 2015. “El impacto de los impuestos y las transferencias en la pobreza y la desigualdad rural-urbana en Bolivia, Brasil, Guatemala, México y Perú.” CEQ Working Paper 32, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, September.

WORKING PAPER 37 Español
Lustig, Nora 2017. “El impacto del sistema tributuario y el gasto social en la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza en América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú y Uruguay.” CEQ Working Paper 37, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, July.

WORKING PAPER 60
Pereira, Claudiney. 2017. “Ethno-Racial Poverty and Income Inequality in Brazil.” CEQ Working Paper 60, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, REVISED, June.

WORKING PAPER 62 Español
Lustig, Nora. “El impacto del sistema tributario y el gasto social en la distribucion del ingreso y la pobreza en America Latina. Una aplicacion del marco metodologico del proyecto Compromiso con la Equidad (CEQ).” El Trimestre Económico 3(335): 493-568.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v84i335.277

Earlier Version:

Lustig, Nora 2018. “El impacto del sistema tributario y el gasto social en la distribucion del ingreso y la pobreza en America Latina. Una aplicacion del marco metodologico del proyecto Compromiso con la Equidad (CEQ).” CEQ Working Paper 62, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, REVISED May.

WORKING PAPER 71
Sergei Soares. 2019. “The Market Value of Public Education. A Comparison of Three Valuation Methods.” CEQ Working Paper 71, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, REVISED June.

WORKING PAPER 92
Lustig, Nora, Valentina Martinez Pabon, Federico Sanz and Stephen D. Younger. 2021. “The Impact of COVID-19 and Expanded Social Assistance on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.” CEQ Working Paper 92, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, June. REVISED.

WORKING PAPER 96
Lustig, Nora, Valentina Martinez Pabon, Guido Neidhöfer and Mariano Tommasi. 2021. “Short and long-run distributional impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America.” CEQ Working Paper 96, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, June.

WORKING PAPER 103
Barbosa, Rogério J., Pedro H. G. Ferreira de Souza, and Sergei S. D. Soares. 2020. “Income Distribution in Brazil During the 2010s: A Lost Decade in the Struggle Against Inequality and Poverty.” CEQ Working Paper 103, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, December.

WORKING PAPER 104 English
Blofield, Merike, Nora Lustig and Mart Trasberg. 2021. “Social Protection During the Pandemic: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.” CEQ Working Paper 104, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, January.

WORKING PAPER 104 Español
Blofield, Merike, Nora Lustig and Mart Trasberg. 2021. “La Protección Social Durante La Pandemia: Los Casos de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México.” CEQ Working Paper 104, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, Enero.

WORKING PAPER 105
Feierherd, Germán, Patricio Larroulet, Wei Long, and Nora Lustig. 2021. “The Pink Tide and Inequality in Latin America.” CEQ Working Paper 105, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, March.

WORKING PAPER 112
Enami, Ali, Ugo Gentilini, Patricio Larroulet, Nora Lustig, Emma Monsalve, Siyu Quan, and Jamele Rigolini. 2021. “Universal Basic Income Programs: How Much Would Taxes Need to Rise? Evidence for Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, and South Africa.” Working Paper 112, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, September.

WORKING PAPER 114
Blofield, Merike, Cecilia Giambruno and Jennifer Pribble. 2021. “Breadth and Sufficiency of Cash Transfer Responses in Ten Latin American Countries during the First 12 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Working Paper 114, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, September.

WORKING PAPER 126
Iago Esturimo Mendes. 2022. “Gasto público social, tributação, desigualdade e pobreza no Brasil (2002-2018): uma resenha da literatura.” Working Paper 126, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, November.

WORKING PAPER 129
Silveira , Fernando Gaiger and Theo Ribas Palomo. 2023. “Increasing the State’s Redistributive Role in a Highly Unequal Country: Evidence from Brazil in the Early 21st Century.” Working Paper 129, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, July.

WORKING PAPER 130
Bridi, Victor, Graciele Guedes, Claudiney Pereira and Fabio Waltenberg. 2023. “Effects of Fiscal Interventions on Poverty and Inequality in Brazil: a National and Regional Analysis, 2017-2018.” Working Paper 130, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, August.


CEQ Policy Assessment Brazil
Pereira, Claudiney, Sean Higgins and Nora Lustig
December 2014

Baixar (Português)