We document a large decrease in earnings inequality in Brazil between 1996 and 2012. Using administrative linked employer-employee data, we fit high-dimensional

We document a large decrease in earnings inequality in Brazil between 1996 and 2012.Using administrative linked employer-employee data, we fit high-dimensional

We show that a rise in the minimum wage accounts for a large decline in earnings inequality in Brazil since 1994. To this end, we combine rich administrative an

In this study, we document the decline in income inequality and a convergence in consumption patterns in Brazilian states in a new database constructed from mic

Using a linked employer-employee census for Brazil, this paper studies the relative importance of inequality between and within firms in explaining both levels