Income inequality indicators in agricultural areas of the Brazilian Northeastern Region

Abstract

This article aims to show the determinative ones of the inequality of income in the rural areas of the northeast of Brazil. For this, it is used the methodology of the decomposition in level and difference. The gotten results had shown that in the agricultural areas of the northeast states, a fall in the ratio of poor persons and the index of poverty in these states occurred. It was verified that it had discrimination of race in some states, however this discrimination comes in recent years following a fall rhythm. The education revealed to be the variable most important in the explanation of the inequality, showing extreme importance and relevance in the elaboration of the public policies.