This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … Brazilian National Household Survey covering the period 1995-2004. -- inequality ; poverty ; growth ; pro-poor growth ; labour …

agricultural commodities will have on income distribution and poverty in Brazil. To do so, a Social Accounting Matrix is … impacts of changes in international commodity prices on income distribution and poverty is very important for policy design …

occurred in the first decade of the 21st century in Brazil, considering not only the incidence of poverty but also its …This study aims to analyze the contribution of the minimum wage valorization policy to the reduction in poverty that … contributed to a 38.2% reduction in the proportion of impoverished people, a 39.4% reduction in the intensity of poverty and 40 …

The introduction of the temporal component into poverty analysis takes us to the study of the poverty dynamic, which … aspects unrelated to income in the study of vulnerability to poverty, the monetary approach is put aside and the … multidimensional approach is used to elaborate the well-being index. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is constructed with data …

agriculture; and the reduction of indirect taxes over all products in a specific region (São Paulo state) in Brazil. The analysis … micro-simulation model used for poverty and income distribution analysis. The first two simulations showed that the policies …

This paper examines the income distribution and poverty in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using Theil's inequality indexes … and Foster et al. poverty indicators. The per-capita average household income(RFPCM) inequality decreases from 1970 to … income convergence among the Minas Gerais sub-regions. Poverty decreases in all sub-regions from 1970 to 1991, although …

-simulations. The first family of micro-simulations decomposes required poverty changes into a change in the mean and a reduction in … their interpretation.This paper - a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in …

Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … paper, we adjust a technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …