01830cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018129 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484333037 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Alvarez, Jorge. Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil / Jorge Alvarez, Felipe Benguria, Niklas Engbom, Christian Moser. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (59 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 document a large decrease in earnings inequality in Brazil between 1996 and 2012. Using administrative linked employer-employee data, we fit high-dimensional worker and firm fixed effects models to understand the sources of this decrease. Firm effects account for 40 percent of the total decrease and worker effects for 29 percent. Changes in observable worker and firm characteristics contributed little to these trends. Instead, the decrease is primarily due to a compression of returns to these characteristics, particularly a declining firm productivity pay premium. Our results shed light on potential drivers of earnings inequality dynamics. Mode of access: Internet Benguria, Felipe. Engbom, Niklas. Moser, Christian. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/278 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2017/278/001.2017.issue-278-en.xml IMF e-Library