The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States
In the northeast region of Brazil, the poverty picture of the past two decades reveals large fluctuations in the poverty level, and poverty depth. Findings based on the Brazilian annual household survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra Domiciliar, PNA...
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okr-10986-148332021-04-23T14:03:20Z The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States Fiess, Norbert M. Verner, Dorte POVERTY INCIDENCE ABSOLUTE POVERTY CASE STUDY POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY LINE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL SKILLS LABOR MARKET NEXUS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATION POOR CHILDREN OLD AGE POVERTY REDUCTION ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE INCOME CHILD LABOR CIVIL SOCIETY CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECESSION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUAL SOCIETIES EXCHANGE RATE FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD EXPENDITURES GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INFLATION HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME POVERTY INCREASED INVESTMENT INDIVIDUAL INCOME INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKETS MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEAN INCOMES MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL LEVEL NEGATIVE EFFECT OLD AGE OVERVALUED EXCHANGE PENSION SYSTEM PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR POPULATION POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAMPLE SIZE SAVINGS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECURITY SQUARED POVERTY GAP STATE POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE In the northeast region of Brazil, the poverty picture of the past two decades reveals large fluctuations in the poverty level, and poverty depth. Findings based on the Brazilian annual household survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra Domiciliar, PNAD) datasets from 1981-99 reveal that individual characteristics such as education, experience, and labor market association of the household head are important correlates of poverty. Taking these into account, data reveal that a Nordestino (northeasterner) is 24 percentage points more likely to fall below the indigent poverty line than other Brazilians. Analyses also reveal large differences in poverty levels by education, and these differences have increased over time. The authors observe that the probability of being poor is decreasing with increasing educational attainment. The gender of the household head does not matter for poverty, according to the poverty profile. But when the authors control for education and other individual characteristics, female-headed households have a much larger likelihood of being poor than male-headed households. Household size also matters for poverty. Larger households are more likely to experience poverty than smaller households, and the effect is concave. Moreover, households with children under age 5 appear more likely to fall below the poverty line, than families with no children below age 5. The presence of old-aged people (above 65 years) in the household is an important factor contributing to poverty reduction. 2013-08-06T19:02:34Z 2013-08-06T19:02:34Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3179883/dynamics-poverty-determinants-case-northeast-brazil-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14833 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3259 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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POVERTY INCIDENCE ABSOLUTE POVERTY CASE STUDY POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY LINE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL SKILLS LABOR MARKET NEXUS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATION POOR CHILDREN OLD AGE POVERTY REDUCTION ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE INCOME CHILD LABOR CIVIL SOCIETY CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECESSION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUAL SOCIETIES EXCHANGE RATE FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD EXPENDITURES GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INFLATION HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME POVERTY INCREASED INVESTMENT INDIVIDUAL INCOME INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKETS MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEAN INCOMES MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL LEVEL NEGATIVE EFFECT OLD AGE OVERVALUED EXCHANGE PENSION SYSTEM PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR POPULATION POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAMPLE SIZE SAVINGS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECURITY SQUARED POVERTY GAP STATE POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE |
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POVERTY INCIDENCE ABSOLUTE POVERTY CASE STUDY POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY LINE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL SKILLS LABOR MARKET NEXUS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATION POOR CHILDREN OLD AGE POVERTY REDUCTION ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE INCOME CHILD LABOR CIVIL SOCIETY CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECESSION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUAL SOCIETIES EXCHANGE RATE FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD BASKET FOOD EXPENDITURES GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INFLATION HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME POVERTY INCREASED INVESTMENT INDIVIDUAL INCOME INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKETS MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEAN INCOMES MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL LEVEL NEGATIVE EFFECT OLD AGE OVERVALUED EXCHANGE PENSION SYSTEM PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR POPULATION POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAMPLE SIZE SAVINGS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECURITY SQUARED POVERTY GAP STATE POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE Fiess, Norbert M. Verner, Dorte The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States |
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In the northeast region of Brazil, the
poverty picture of the past two decades reveals large
fluctuations in the poverty level, and poverty depth.
Findings based on the Brazilian annual household survey
(Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra Domiciliar, PNAD) datasets
from 1981-99 reveal that individual characteristics such as
education, experience, and labor market association of the
household head are important correlates of poverty. Taking
these into account, data reveal that a Nordestino
(northeasterner) is 24 percentage points more likely to fall
below the indigent poverty line than other Brazilians.
Analyses also reveal large differences in poverty levels by
education, and these differences have increased over time.
The authors observe that the probability of being poor is
decreasing with increasing educational attainment. The
gender of the household head does not matter for poverty,
according to the poverty profile. But when the authors
control for education and other individual characteristics,
female-headed households have a much larger likelihood of
being poor than male-headed households. Household size also
matters for poverty. Larger households are more likely to
experience poverty than smaller households, and the effect
is concave. Moreover, households with children under age 5
appear more likely to fall below the poverty line, than
families with no children below age 5. The presence of
old-aged people (above 65 years) in the household is an
important factor contributing to poverty reduction. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Fiess, Norbert M. Verner, Dorte |
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Fiess, Norbert M. Verner, Dorte |
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Fiess, Norbert M. |
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The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States |
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The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States |
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The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States |
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The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States |
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The Dynamics of Poverty and its Determinants: The Case of the Northeast of Brazil and its States |
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dynamics of poverty and its determinants: the case of the northeast of brazil and its states |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3179883/dynamics-poverty-determinants-case-northeast-brazil-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14833 |
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