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Deprivation viewed from a multidimensional perspective: The case of Brazil

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  • Golgher, Andre Braz
  • Antigo, Marianela
  • Machado, Ana Flávia

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This study uses the capability approach to undertake a multidimensional analysis of deprivation in urban areas of Brazil between 2003 and 2008 based on a four-dimensional index (living conditions, health, level of education and participation in the labour market) constructed out of 13 different indicators. Its findings indicate that a majority of the population is living in households that are not experiencing deprivation and that, of those that are, the instance of deprivation is confined to a single indicator. When the results were then compared with the income-poverty index for the different states in Brazil, the outcome confirmed that regional inequalities show up in both types of measurements. Finally, synthetic cohort data and ordinary least squares (OLS) models were used to study the relationship between personal attributes and a propensity to lapse into poverty and/or to remain poor.

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  • Golgher, Andre Braz & Antigo, Marianela & Machado, Ana Flávia, 2014. "Deprivation viewed from a multidimensional perspective: The case of Brazil," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecr:col070:37024
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    1. Obaco, Moisés & Royuela, Vicente & Matano, Alessia, 2021. "On the link between material deprivation and city size: Ecuador as a case study," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    2. Mero-Figueroa, Marina & Galdeano-Gómez, Emilio & Piedra-Muñoz, Laura & Obaco, Moisés, 2020. "Measuring well-being: A Buen Vivir (living well) indicator for Ecuador," MPRA Paper 119912, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Guilherme Ottoni Teixeira Costa & Ana Flávia Machado & Pedro V. M. Do Amaral, 2018. "Vulnerability To Poverty In Brazilian Municipalities In 2000 And 2010: A Multidimensional Approach," Anais do XLIV Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 44th Brazilian Economics Meeting] 221, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
    4. Obaco, Moisés & Pontarollo, Nicola & Mendieta Muñoz, Rodrigo & Díaz-Sánchez, Juan Pablo, 2022. "On the association between housing deprivation and urban size: Evidence from South Asia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    5. Marina Mero-Figueroa & Emilio Galdeano-Gómez & Laura Piedra-Muñoz & Moisés Obaco, 2020. "Measuring Well-Being: A Buen Vivir (Living Well) Indicator for Ecuador," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 152(1), pages 265-287, November.
    6. Massarova Alena & Potapenko Maria, 2018. "Approaches to poverty measurement in BRICS: a reflection on economic reality (the case of Brazil, China and Russia)," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 42(42), pages 183-194, December.

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