Os efeitos da desigualdade social na mortalidade infantil no Brasil (1992 a 2011)

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Luzineide de Andrade de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Mortalidade infantil; Índice de Gini; Dados em painel; Infant mortality; Gini index; Panel data
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/27488

The paper aims to analyze the effects of income inequality on the infant mortality rate, analyzing for other determinants such as the level of education, poverty and per capita income for all units of the federation in Brazil from 1992 to 2011. The infant mortality rate is a social indicator that reflects the quality of life of a given population. For this purpose, econometric models of panel data were used. It was verified that the income inequality and all analyzed variables affect the infant mortality rates in the analyzed period. Thus, among the main conclusions obtained, the need for public investments geared to economic growth combined with income deconcentration and poverty reduction followed by better levels of education are essential in the process of reducing the infant mortality rate.