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Los activos,los mercados y la pobreza en Brasil

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  • Côrtes Neri, Marcelo

    (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA))

  • Joaquim Amadeo, Eduard

    (Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC/Río))

  • Pinto Carvalho, Alexandre

    (Instituto de Pesquisa Económica Aplicada (IPEA))

  • Nascimento, Mabel Cristina

    (Instituto de Pesquisa Económica Aplicada (IPEA))

  • Daltrino, Manoel Flávio

    (Instituto de Pesquisa Económica Aplicada (IPEA) Author Name: Dias Rangel, Flávia
    Instituto de Pesquisa Económica Aplicada (IPEA))

Abstract

This paper establishes a basis of research on the relationship between poverty, resources distribution and assets markets operation. The main objective is to help the implementation of capital enhancing policies towards the poor. The strategy followed is to analyze three different types of impacts that increasing the assets of the poor may have on social welfare. The first part of the paper evaluates the possessions of different types of capital along the income distribution. This exercise can be perceived as an augmentation of income based poverty measures by incorporating the direct effect exerted by asset holdings on social welfare. The second part of the paper describes the income generating impact that asset holdings may have on poverty. It studies how the accumulation of different types of capital impact income-based poverty outcomes using logistic regressions. The third part studies the effect that increasing asset holdings of the poor has on improving poor individuals ability in dealing with adverse income shocks. This consist in studying the interaction between earnings dynamics, capital markets imperfections and financial behavior taking into account different time horizons. Long-run issues are related to the study of low frequency income fluctuations and life-cycle asset holdings using cohort analysis. Short-run issues are related to assessing the poor behavior and welfare losses in dealing with high frequency gaps between income and desired consumption. The analysis earnings and poverty dynamics in conducted with panel data while qualitative data is used for the analysis of household short-run financial behavior. // Se establece en este ensayo una base para investigar la relación entre la pobreza, la distribución de los recursos y la operación de los mercados de activos. Se desea así sobre todo, ayudar a la implantación de políticas que incrementen los activos de capital de los pobres. Para tal propósito se analizan tres distintos efectos que el incremento de los activos de los pobres puede tener en el bienestar social. La sección I del ensayo evalúa la posesión de diferentes tipos de capital a lo largo de la distribución del ingreso. Este ejercicio puede percibirse como un fortalecimiento de las medidas de la pobreza basadas en el ingreso, al incluir el efecto directo de las tenencias de activos en el bienestar social. La sección II del ensayo describe el efecto de generación de ingresos que la posesión de activos tiene en la pobreza. Se estudia aquí cómo la acumulación de diferentes tipos de capital afecta los índices de la pobreza basados en el ingreso, utilizando regresiones logísticas. La sección III estudia el efecto del incremento de las tenencias de activos de los pobres en el mejoramiento de la capacidad de los pobres para enfrentar los choques de ingresos adversos. Para ello, se examina la interacción entre la dinámica de los ingresos, las imperfecciones del mercado capital y el comportamiento financiero, tomando en cuenta diferentes horizontes de tiempo. Los problemas de largo plazo se relacionan con el estudio de las fluctuaciones de los ingresos de baja frecuencia y de las tenencias de activos a lo largo del ciclo vital, utilizando el análisis de cohortes. Los problemas de corto plazo se relacionan con la evaluación del comportamiento y las pérdidas de bienestar de los pobres cuando enfrentan brechas de alta frecuencia entre el ingreso y el consumo deseado. El análisis de la dinámica de los ingresos y la pobreza se realiza con datos de panel, mientras que en el análisis de comportamiento financiero a corto plazo de los hogares se utilizan datos cualitativos.

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  • Côrtes Neri, Marcelo & Joaquim Amadeo, Eduard & Pinto Carvalho, Alexandre & Nascimento, Mabel Cristina & Daltrino, Manoel Flávio, 1999. "Los activos,los mercados y la pobreza en Brasil," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 66(263), pages 419-458, : julio-s.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:66:y:1999:i:263:p:419-458
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