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This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil … areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are …
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economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. We show that the short-term impact on income inequality and poverty can be … effect is significant in Argentina and Colombia and nil in Mexico, where there has been no such expansion. We find that a …
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This paper tests the existence of poverty traps in three Southern Cone countries: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. We … Argentina, Uruguay and to a lesser extent Brazil, are an opportunity to carry out this type of analysis, which in turn is …
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) especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia …
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), especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia …
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studies for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico suggest two main phenomena underlie this trend: a fall in the premium to skilled …
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This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...
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In this paper we analyze Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua) microdata from 2012 to 2018 to document how the mid-decade economic recession reversed the trend of pro-poor growth that dated back to the early 2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in...
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In this paper we evaluate how well-targeted and effective in reducing poverty the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) was in Brazil between 2004 and 2019. In order to do this, we use data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) from 2004 to 2015, from the Continuous National Household Sample...
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The extraordinary events that occurred in the country between 2001-2007, with a sharp decline in inequality and the levels of poverty and extreme poverty offers a unique opportunity to examine the most relevant factors to explain changes that benefit the poor and in different scenarios ? with...
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