Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
This study applies the cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on expenditures from a 2017/18 household budget survey and caloric information from the Brazilian Table of Food...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/125861639412675463/Estimating-a-Poverty-Line-for-Brazil-Based-on-the-2017-18-Household-Budget-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36736 |
| Summary: | This study applies the
cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total
poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on
expenditures from a 2017/18 household budget survey and
caloric information from the Brazilian Table of Food
Composition, calorie intake is assigned to more than 1,400
items to estimate the cost per calorie for a representative
group of the population. The preferred results estimate the
value of the food poverty line at R$258 (in 2018 urban
Southeast prices), and the lower total poverty line
(covering also nonfood necessities) at R$455. Robustness
checks show that varying the assumptions leads to
qualitatively similar results. The findings are also close
in value to lines found in earlier studies and the societal
poverty line. Finally, this work provides a data-driven
validation of the income threshold used to determine
eligibility for Brazil’s social registry. |
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