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Avaliação da eficiência dos centros de referência de assistência social no Brasil

da Silva, Ângelo Henrique Lopes; Sawaya Neto, Melchior; … - 2015

Brazilian Welfare Policy, in its basic protection dimension, is implemented by public structures called as Referencial Centers of Social Assistence (Cras), which work at the local level (municipalities), but are organized, coordinated, legislated and co-financed by the federal government. This...

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Capacidades estatais para a implementação de programas de transferência de renda: Os casos de Brasil, Argentina e África do Sul

Bichir, Renata Mirandola - 2015

This research analyzes the principal conditions that allowed the development of national cash transfer programs in the social protection systems of Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. The main focuses are the political and institutional conditions for the emergence and development of these...

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Capacidades estatais no programa bolsa família: O desafio de consolidação do sistema único de assistência social

Coutinho, Diogo R. - 2013

In a slow process marked by authoritarian moments, regressive effects, bureaucratic insulation, centralized arrangements and cronyism, since the 1930s Brazil has been building its Welfare State. In the wake of struggles and political clashes for ensuring rights and reviving democracy, the...

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Distribuição de renda nos anos 2010: Uma década perdida para desigualdade e pobreza

Barbosa, Rogério J.; Soares, Sergei - 2020

In this paper we analyze Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua) microdata from 2012 to 2018 to document how the mid-decade economic recession reversed the trend of pro-poor growth that dated back to the early 2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in...

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Evidence of eligibility manipulation for conditional cash transfer programs

Firpo, Sérgio Pinheiro; Pieri, Renan Gomes de; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 15 (2014) 3, pp. 243-260

This paper assesses whether eligibility for conditional cash transfer programs has been manipulated, as well as the impact of this phenomenon on time allocation within households. To perform this analysis, we use data from the 2006 PNAD (Brazilian national household survey) and investigate the...

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How do Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions affect crime? : evidence from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bullock, Jessie; Pellegrino, Ana Paula - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 147-163

How do changes in mobility impact crime? Using police precinct-level daily crime statistics and shootings data from the …, despite fewer people being on the streets. To address the relationship between crime and mobility, we use cellphone data and … strongly affected extortion and property crimes while not interfering with the dynamics of violent crime. These findings …

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Assessing the benefits of robbery reduction : the case of a large Brazilian city

Andre, Diego de Maria; Carvalho Júnior, José Raimundo … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 1, pp. 44-72

heterogeneity on its spatial distribution. Our results support a theory of crime with an active role for victim's (costly …

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Relationship between income and repeat criminal victimization in Brazil

Justus, Marcelo; Kahn, Tulio; Kawamura, Henrique Coelho - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 16 (2015) 3, pp. 295-309

for four types of crime: theft, robbery, attempted theft/robbery, and physical assault. A positive nonlinear effect of …

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The interiorization of Brazilian violence, policing, and economic growth

Steeves, Geoffrey M.; Petterini, Francis Carlo; Moura, … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 16 (2015) 3, pp. 359-375

Brazilian homicide rates are among the highest in the world, inclusive of actual war zones. However, the character of Brazil's violence is changing. Recent analyses highlight a trend of dispersion of violence such that homicide rates in urban areas, traditionally the most violent places, have...

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Nonlinear relationship between income, age and criminal victimization in Brazil

Sant'Anna, E.; Scorzafave, Luiz Guilherme; Justus, M. - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 17 (2016) 2, pp. 185-198

This study was mainly intended to investigate the effects of the income and age of individuals on their risk of becoming victims of physical assault, theft, robbery and attempted theft or robbery. Specifically, we were looking for evidence for a nonlinear relationship between these variables and...

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