01979cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014391 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484385340 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Azevedo, Joao Pedro. Fiscal Adjustment and Income Inequality : Sub-national Evidence from Brazil / Joao Pedro Azevedo, Antonio David, Fabiano Rodrigues Bastos, Emilio Pineda. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We combine state-level fiscal data with household survey data to assess the links between sub-national fiscal policy and income inequality in Brazil over the period 1995-2011. The results indicate that a tighter fiscal stance at the sub-national level is not associated with a deterioration in inequality measures. This finding contrasts with the conclusions of several papers in the burgeoning literature on the effects of fiscal consolidation on inequality using national data for OECD economies. In addition, we find that a tighter stance is typically positively associated with a measure of 'shared prosperity'. Hence, our results caution against extrapolating policy implications of the literature focusing on advanced economies to other settings. Mode of access: Internet David, Antonio. Pineda, Emilio. Rodrigues Bastos, Fabiano. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/085 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/085/001.2014.issue-085-en.xml IMF e-Library