ANÁLISE ESPACIAL DA DESIGUALDADE ECONÔMICA NA REGIÃO NORTE DO BRASIL: um estudo das microrregiões

Abstract

The general objective of this work is to identify spatial patterns of inter-municipal economic inequality between the micro-regions that make up the region North of Brazil in the period of 2010. Specifically, it is intended to: a) determine the degree of inter-municipal economic inequality for the micro-regions, b) verify if there is spatial dependence between the microregions and, finally, c) identify the relationship between the variables GDP per capita and inequality, and between the Development Index Municipal Human Index (HDI-M) and economic inequality. To achieve the goals proposed, the calculation of the Williamson degree of inequality (coefficient of Williamson) for the microregions, and also, analysis techniques of spatial distribution, specifically, Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (AEDE), along with global and local Moran I autocorrelation measures, and their respective indices. The study confirms empirical observations and reveals that in In the northern region of Brazil there is a high degree of inequality between the micro-regions that make it up. Economic inequality is lower when the analysis is applied to microregions. It became clear that there is a pattern of distribution of the degree of inequality between the micro-regions of the North of the country, that is, to a certain extent, it can be said that in some cases there is spatial dependency.