the role of early parenthood, child labor, and poverty in pushing teenagers out of school. The potential endogeneity of …. Extreme poverty is another factor lowering school attendance, as children who have suffered hunger at some point in their …

In the northeast region of Brazil, the poverty picture of the past two decades reveals large fluctuations in the … poverty level, and poverty depth. Findings based on the Brazilian annual household survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra … association of the household head are important correlates of poverty. Taking these into account, data reveal that a Nordestino …

infant mortality and adult illiteracy, corroborate the improvement in measured income poverty. Part of the reason why the … poverty indicators of Bahia are worse than in other countries with similar per-capita income is because of income inequality …The state of Bahia, Brazil has made progress in reducing poverty and improving social indicators in the past decade …

. The authors develop a survey instrument that addresses poverty in a broad sense, including hunger, early pregnancy and … on intergenerational transfer of risks that are considered to induce poverty. They document findings based on the survey …

income, which in turn perpetuates poverty. Furthermore, low levels of education affect growth though low labor productivity …Breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty requires far-reaching actions in the education sector …. Widespread poverty affects both students' performance and their availability to attend school. Low-quality education leads to low …

mortality and adult illiteracy corroborate the improvement in measured income poverty. Census data from 2000 and 1991 reveal …The states in the Brazilian Amazon have made progress in reducing poverty and improving social indicators in the last … decade. Despite this progress, the poverty rate in the Amazon is among the highest in Brazil. As of 2000, rural poverty is …