Uma proposta de índice de desenvolvimento social para os municípios brasileiros de acordo com o tamanho da população em 1991 e 2000

Authors

  • Cristiane Soares UNB e IBGE
  • Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira UNB

Keywords:

O1, Economic Development, O15, Human Development.

Abstract

Created by the United Nations in the beginning of the decade of 1990, the Human Development Index (HDI) arose, as an answer, to a generalized dissatisfaction with the use of GDP per capita as a measure of social welfare. Despite of its popularity, the HDI has been target of some criticisms due to its limited vision. In this sense, the main purpose of this article is going to propose a new index and analyze the social development in Brazilian towns according to the size of the population for the latest Census 1991 and 2000. Furthermore, we seek to evaluate, in a critical perspective, the subjectivism in welfare measures, present in the selection of indicators, definition of weights, values of reference (worst/best value) that can change the position on the rank of the regions or areas that are being compared. These aspects can also conduce to distinct interpretations of the reality. Finally, using econometric techniques, we investigate the causality relation between social development improvements and the growth of the GDP per capita in the period of 2002-2006 and the magnitude that one can influence each other.

Author Biographies

Cristiane Soares, UNB e IBGE

Cristiane Soares é Economista, Doutoranda em Economia na Universidade de Brasília - UnB e Técnica da Coordenação de População e Indicadores Sociais do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – IBGE, onde tem desenvolvido diversos trabalhos na área social. nas temáticas de indicadores sociais, mercado de trabalho, gênero, pobreza e desigualdade.

Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira, UNB

Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira é professor titular do Departamento de Economia da UnB e pesquisador 1A do CNPq, onde lidera o grupo internacional de Crescimento e Distribuição. Foi professor visitante, Senior Visiting Scholar e fez diversos pós-doutoramentos em instituições internacionais renomadas. Foi fundador e o primeiro secretário executivo da Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria. Também foi editor da Revista Brasileira de Econometria e publicou mais de 70 papers em revistas de prestígio internacional. Tem participado intensamente de eventos no Brasil e no exterior.

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Published

2010-05-26

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2009)

Section

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