Análise das disparidades de bem-estar entre os estados do Brasil
Keywords:
welfare convergence, SEN index, heterogeneity, public policyAbstract
The processes of global convergence and formation of convergence clubs of the social
welfare index proposed by Sen (1974) are tested through a time series methodology proposed by Phillips and South (2007). The paper also measures the amount of resources
necessary for states to achieve the social welfare indicator of the state of São Paulo.
The results suggest that the income penalty alluded to by Sen is unable to prevent the
formation of convergence clubs previously recorded for the Brazilian case and that,
besides the welfare of the North-East is still relatively low compared to Mid-South
states, this relative difference has been worsening over the years. About the amount
of resources needed to eradicate regional disparities, despite the current cost to the
welfare equalization among regions is extremely high, about 1/3 of GDP, this cost is
still low compared to past values.
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