Contents

pp v-vi

List of tables and figures

pp vii-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xvi

Part I - Growth, employment creation, and inequality in Brazil

pp 1-2

1 - Introduction

pp 3-17

2 - Production and employment trends in the postwar period

pp 18-52

3 - Rising inequality since 1960

pp 53-71

4 - The meaning and interpretation of rising inequality in a growing economy

pp 72-82

5 - Evidence on absolute improvements and upward mobility

pp 83-110

Part II - The effect of supply and demand on labor markets during rapid economic growth

pp 111-112

6 - Migration and the modernization of the agricultural labor force

pp 113-140

7 - The absorption of migrants into the urban economy

pp 141-180

8 - Trends and theories of the wage differential during economic growth

pp 181-199

9 - The market for skilled labor

pp 200-232

10 - Agriculture, wage policy, and the wages of unskilled labor

pp 233-265

11 - Additional perspectives on inequitable growth in Brazil

pp 266-284

12 - Conclusions

pp 285-293

Data appendix

pp 294-301

Bibliography

pp 302-312

Index

pp 313-316