Desigualdade de renda entre as macrorregiões cearenses para o ano de 2012

Abstract

This work aims to show the reality of income inequality of Ceará municipalities and their respective regions in 2012. To observe the degree of symmetry / asymmetry income distribution of work used the GDP per capita data extracted from the National Sample Survey household (PNAD) of 2012 and the methodology used by the Institute of Economic Research and Strategy of Ceará (IPECE) to subdivide the 184 municipalities in Ceará 8 Macroregions Planning. At work we calculated the Symmetry Index (SI) of the income distribution to levels of Brazil, Northeast, Ceará and its Macroregions Planning, in addition to an analysis of this indicator for the quartiles of Ceará municipalities. Thus, the results showed that in 2012 there was a high asymmetry index of income distribution in Ceará, with few cities concentrating much of the income and many municipalities running low, helping to explain poverty in the region. It is the same reality for both the Northeast and for Brazil. In terms of macro-region Ceará it was seen that some even provide much more satisfactory results with respect to the Symmetry Index analysis presented by other regions. This study provides a regional approach can be used as a subsidy for the planning of more effective public policies that seek to improve the quality of life of Ceará population.