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 …

This paper investigates poverty dynamics in Brazil, as the frequency and pattern of movements into and out of poverty … Contínua waves to construct panels. We compare the results obtained from three different measures of intertemporal poverty: two … that the choice of intertemporal poverty measure significantly impacts the estimated poverty levels. Transient poverty …

This paper investigates poverty dynamics in Brazil, as the frequency and pattern of movements into and out of poverty … Contínua waves to construct panels. We compare the results obtained from three different measures of intertemporal poverty: two … that the choice of intertemporal poverty measure significantly impacts the estimated poverty levels. Transient poverty …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …-off. Finally, we show that in the past few years poverty rates were much more sensitive to changes in inequality than in average …

In this paper we evaluate how well-targeted and effective in reducing poverty the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) was in … Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity (Aspire). We calculate several different targeting and poverty … poverty line or targeting metric used. With respect to the effect on poverty reduction, the results suggest an important role …

This paper describes the evolution of poverty among pretos (black), pardos (brown/mixed) and brancos (white) from 2004 … to 2014, and investigates whether along with the already known reduction of poverty in the period there was also … reduction of the racial inequality of poverty. To do so, it presents the main indicators of the incidence, intensity and …

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 …

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 …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …-off. Finally, we show that in the past few years poverty rates were much more sensitive to changes in inequality than in average …

This paper describes the evolution of poverty among pretos (black), pardos (brown/mixed) and brancos (white) from 2004 … to 2014, and investigates whether along with the already known reduction of poverty in the period there was also … reduction of the racial inequality of poverty. To do so, it presents the main indicators of the incidence, intensity and …