, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest …) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women … inequality in income is higher for men than for women both in Belgium and in the Netherlands. In order to minimize poverty and …

In this text we address measurement, monitoring and cost issues relating to the eradication of extreme poverty in … Brazil. We argue that, for the purpose of ending extreme poverty, income poverty is the relevant concept, and that an … administrative extreme poverty line, decided upon politically, is the best criterion. For computational purposes, we use a R$ 67 …

The objective of this paper is to estimate the length of poverty spells and its determinants. We analyze if short …-term changes in the labor market affect the probability of staying in poverty. On the assumption that poverty transitions occur … estimation techniques which control cases of right- and left-censoring. The most important results are: how longer the poverty …

poverty reduction in five different geographic regions - Brazil, the Northeastern region, the state of Bahia, the metropolitan … the Programa Bolsa Família. Thus, both growth and redistribution contributed decisively to poverty reduction in Brazil and …-term prospects for pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in Brazil will hinge on a more equitable labor market in the Northeastern …

The present research aims to contribute to the area of poverty studies by appraising the potentiality of traditional … research methods and the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as proper instruments for analyzing poverty situations according to … a relational perspective. The theoretical concepts of poverty have gradually developed towards the idea that it is a …

in 2009), the poor (between R$ 67 and R$ 134), the vulnerable to poverty (between R$ 134 and R$ 465) and the non … also present a classification of types of family most likely to be found in extreme poverty. Our first conclusion is that … distribution of poverty has not changed much between 2004 and 2009. Our second conclusion is that the most important changes in …

Herein a characterization of the evolution of extreme poverty and income inequality in Bahia is presented. Extreme … poverty and income inequality in Bahia fell twice from 1995 to 2009, in roughly the same periods, but at different pace. The … first fall begins in 1996. For extreme poverty, it was a sudden fall ending in 1997, whilst inequality kept falling till …

The available estimations about the effect of minimum wage on poverty relies on partial equilibrium analysis. We …. Using a computable general equilibrium model we simulate the poverty level in Brazil if only minimum wage have changed. Our … results shows that an increase on minimum wage increases, although slightly, the poverty level, when the social security …