Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, … - 2011
Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 ….3 percent. This paper uses spatially disaggregated monthly data on consumer prices and two different household surveys to … estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …