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Discussing the role of the Bolsa Familia Program in the decision of the Brazilian presidential elections of 2006

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  • Rosa Maria Marques
  • Marcel Guedes Leite
  • Áquilas Mendes
  • Mariana Ribeiro Jansen Ferreira

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This paper investigates the relationship between the impact of Bolsa Família Program in the Brazilian population and the result of the presidential elections of 2006. The database involves municipal information provided by MDS, IBGE and TSE. To control the experiment, the eventual influences of other variables in the determination of this relationship had been studied. All those variables come from specific characteristics of the cities, such as: city with predominant urban or not urban population; size of the city population; among others. The results state that the Bolsa Família was, in fact, a very important factor in the determination of the votes in Lula. It was, in itself, responsible for 45% of the total votes in Lula. JEL Classification: I38; H53.

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  • Rosa Maria Marques & Marcel Guedes Leite & Áquilas Mendes & Mariana Ribeiro Jansen Ferreira, 2009. "Discussing the role of the Bolsa Familia Program in the decision of the Brazilian presidential elections of 2006," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 29(1), pages 114-132.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:29:y:2009:i:1:p:114-132:id:473
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    Keywords

    Bolsa Família; presidential elections of 2006; determinations of votes;
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs

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