Exports and inequality: Evidence from the Brazilian frontier, 1870-1937

Authors
Frank, ZL
Citation
Zl. Frank, Exports and inequality: Evidence from the Brazilian frontier, 1870-1937, J ECON HIST, 61(1), 2001, pp. 37-58
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
History
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN journal
00220507 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
37 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0507(200103)61:1<37:EAIEFT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In order to examine the relation between exports and inequality, this artic le first estimates per-capita income, exports, and other indicators of econ omic development in Mate Grosso, Brazil. Manuscript data are analyzed to me asure 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.