Exports and Inequality: Evidence from the Brazilian Frontier, 1870-1937
Author(s)
Frank, Zephyr L.
Abstract
In order to examine the relation between exports and inequality, this article first estimates per-capita income, exports, and other indicators of economic development in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Manuscript data are analyzed to measure and interpret three kinds of inequality: of income, of total wealth, and of landholding. The results suggest that exports and foreign ownership contributed far less to inequality than is imagined in dependency theory.
