Katayama, RoySkoufias, Emmanuel2012-05-222012-05-222008-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6329Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in household attributes and returns to those attributes. This paper uses Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions at the mean as well as at different quantiles of welfare distributions on regionally representative household survey data (2002-03 Household Budget Survey). The analysis finds that household attributes account for most of the welfare differences between urban and rural areas within regions. However, comparing the lagging Northeast region with the leading Southeast region, differences in returns to attributes account for a large part of the welfare disparities, in particular in metropolitan areas, supporting the presence of agglomeration effects in booming areas.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO MARKETSACCOUNTINGAGGLOMERATION EFFECTSALLOCATION OF RESOURCESBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBASIC NEEDSBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESCASH TRANSFERCONCENTRATION OF PEOPLECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION MEASURECONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTIONSCOUNTERFACTUALCREDIT MARKETSCURRENT INCOMECURRENT INCOMESDECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGYDECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUESDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCRIMINATIONECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELEMENTARY EDUCATIONEMPLOYERSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENDOWMENTSEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITYEXPENDITUREEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY SIZEFIGHT AGAINST POVERTYFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEGENDERGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONSGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SAVINGSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL ASSETSINCOMEINCOME GAPINCOME INEQUALITYINEQUALITIESINEQUALITYINSURANCEINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTINGKIDSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLAND OWNERSHIPLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF POVERTYLIMITED ACCESSLIVING STANDARDSMARITAL STATUSMARKET FAILURESMEASUREMENT OF POVERTYMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSNUTRITIONPENSIONPENSION SYSTEMPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL INFLUENCEPOORPOOR AREASPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMSPOVERTY SEVERITYPRICE INDEXPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPUBLIC CREDITSPUBLIC GOODSPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC SERVICESPULL FACTORSRATE OF RETURNRATES OF RETURNRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL DIFFERENCESRURAL DISPARITIESRURAL GAPRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL POVERTYRURAL REGIONSRURAL SECTORSRURAL WELFARESANITATIONSAVINGSSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSINGLE PERSONSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL CONCERNSSOCIAL CUSTOMSSOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL NETWORKSSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONSPOUSETARGETINGTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENTTERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMUNDERSTANDING OF POVERTYURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERURBAN POVERTYVALUABLEWAGEWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWORTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4803