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...

According to available data, real wages in Brazil have been declining since 1980, in terms of wage goods, especially food. The main consequence has been the acceleration of the national income concentration, against the labour share. In order to solve this problem and to increase the real wages,...