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...

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...

Na decada passada, a questao do desemprego ganhou importancia consideravel no Brasil. Neste contexto, argumentava-se que as cifras reveladas pela "Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego", do IBGE, nao refletiam a taxa real de desemprego na cidade de Sao Paulo. Em consequencia, um novo survey, "Pesquisa de...