Curva de Kuznets e convergência: uma análise do crescimento e da desigualdade nos municípios do estado do Ceará

Abstract

From the second half of the 20th century, several studies began to question until what point the inequality would be able to influence economic growth and vice versa; therefor, a better understanding of how those variables relate to each other seems to be an important step for what can guide future debates on the theme. Seeking to explain the effects of inequality on economic growth, Shin (2008) proposes a diagram that connects simultaneously the convergence theory and Kuznets theory, in a way that becomes possible to analyze this relation. This study seeks to outline the Shin diagram for the cities of the Ceará state between the years of 1991 and 2010. This sketch allows to examine from what level of income the inequality on those regions tends to slow down and analyze in what way those cities have been converging to their steady state.