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 … more frequently when we use a monthly data rather than an annual data, we are using the panel data of Brazilian Monthly …

The aim of this paper is to apply a multidimensional poverty indicator to Brasil on the basis of Censo 2000 data. In … order to analyse different dimensions of poverty a set of composite indicator is constructed. For each indicator is … calculated an unidimensional poverty ratio what allow us to make disaggregated analysis too. …

The relation between dynamics of poverty and labor market includes some issues as what conducts certain poor groups to … escape of this condition and what induces other groups to enter in the poverty. Seeking to analyze these issues, the purpose … of this article is to investigate the relation between poverty states and way of occupational conditions in the labor …