Brazilian Welfare Policy, in its basic protection dimension, is implemented by public structures called as Referencial Centers of Social Assistence (Cras), which work at the local level (municipalities), but are organized, coordinated, legislated and co-financed by the federal government. This...

Using data from the Brazilian Census 2000 we estimate whether the distribution of the eligible population of the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) would change after a modification in definition of family used to calculate family per capita income. Our results show that in 2000 the majority of...

We estimate the distributions of the eligible public, benefits and coverage levels of the Brazilian Continuous Cash Benefit Program (BPC) using survey data from the 2000 Census and the 2006 National Household Survey. The estimates show that the eligible population is uniformly distributed along...

Using data from the Brazilian Census 2000 we estimate whether the distribution of the eligible population of the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) would change after a modification in definition of family used to calculate family per capita income. Our results show that in 2000 the majority of...

We estimate the distributions of the eligible public, benefits and coverage levels of the Brazilian Continuous Cash Benefit Program (BPC) using survey data from the 2000 Census and the 2006 National Household Survey. The estimates show that the eligible population is uniformly distributed along...

O estudo analisa as distribuições de pessoas idosas e deficientes incapazes para o trabalho e para a vida independente, dos benefícios e dos níveis de cobertura do BPC nos diferentes estratos de renda da população brasileira com base em informações do Censo de 2000, da Pesquisa Nacional...

Utilizando dados do Censo de 2000 este trabalho estima os efeitos sobre a estratificação social de pessoas com características elegíveis ao Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC) de uma mudança do conceito de família utilizado no cálculo dos rendimentos familiares per capita dos...