The objective of this work is to investigate the evolution of the inequality in the wage distribution in the Brazilian labor market. The decomposition of that inequality indicated that the educational heterogeneity explains significant part of the total inequality, and the reduction of the differences on wages among the educational levels was one of the main explanations for the fall of the inequality in the distribution of wages. On the other hand, the amplification of the formal labor market has been contributing to increase the salary inequality. Finally, although fall is verified in the dispersion of the wages among the observed factors, the evidences point increase in the portion attributed to the non observed components.
wages; inequality; wages distribution
