The recent emphasis on fighting poverty in Brazil makes the determination of the size of the targeted population an important issue (What is the right poverty line? What is the real size of the poor population? How much money should be given to each poor family?). The application of poverty...

In the evaluation of conditional or unconditional cash transfer programmes, research that examines their effects on children?s and adolescents? school performance and participation in the labour market figures prominently. The programme effect is important because such programmes are designed...

As evidências sugerem que uma renda familiar insuficiente pode levar à suplementação de trabalho por parte de crianças e adolescentes. A pressão para que elas entrem no mercado de trabalho resulta em menos tempo disponível para atividades escolares e, consequentemente, em abandono...

This study seeks to examine specifically the extent to which the benefit has affected the allocation of time between school and work by children and adolescents. The study takes into account that, in Brazil, it is possible and likely to combine study and work, since the vast majority of schools...

This paper focuses on the changes in income and activity sectors on the economically active rural population (EAP) between 1996 and 2006. Besides a brief introduction, its divide into more tree parts. The first part analyzes the changes in income and activity sectors based on the National...

Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar as mudanças no mercado de trabalho rural brasileiro nos últimos dez anos. Está dividido em três seções, além de uma breve introdução. A seção 2 mostra o desempenho do mercado de trabalho e da renda rural brasileira com base nas informações...

Evidence suggests that insufficient household income can lead to labour supplementation by children and adolescents. The pressure on them to enter the labour market results in less time available for school activities and, ultimately, in school drop-out. Thus most impact evaluations of...