estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … incomes. Indeed, if there were no increase inequality Brazil would have made further progress in reducing poverty even amid … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … incomes. Indeed, if there were no increase inequality Brazil would have made further progress in reducing poverty even amid … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …

unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance … redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty … and inequality, and by their distributional characteristic. Our findings suggest that public transfers can be effective …

from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and … increases incomes by about 6%. My conclusion is that the value of public education in Brazil is close to 6% of household income …

from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and … increases incomes by about 6%. My conclusion is that the value of public education in Brazil is close to 6% of household income …

In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …

. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and … labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …

recently and thus cannot explain the rising welfare receipt. Following theoretical predictions, the probability that a rational …