Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 11-14, 2013

Presentation

The International Conference “Income, Wealth and Wellbeing in Latin America” will be organized by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in collaboration with the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW). The event will be held from September 11th to 14th, 2013, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The conference will convene scholars and researchers from private and public institutions, who may contribute with original works to the discussion of inequality (including inequality of education and opportunities), poverty, socioeconomic mobility, the “new” middle class and well-being in Latin America. The conference will also feature sessions about income redistribution, taxes and transfers and national income measurement.