upper quintile. Through an in-depth fiscal incidence analysis applied to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru we … argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty … Argentina but by only 2.4 percent in Bolivia. In Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia government revenues are close to 40 percent of …

Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …

income and wellbeing in three different countries: Brazil, US and South Africa. In all cases, people of African descent are …

The functioning of the labor market often has been stressed as a clear determinant in explaining poverty trends in … developed countries. In this paper, we analyze the role of gender wage discrimination on household poverty rates in several EU … poverty, we propose the construction of a counterfactual distribution of wages where discrimination against women has been …

poverty by more than if all incomes were growing equiproportionately. Inequality reduction is not generally seen as either … detail the properties of inequality reduction and pro-poorness, using the Watts poverty index and Gini inequality index, when …