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Poverty upsurge in 2015 and the rising trend in regional and age inequality among the poor in Brazil [O aumento da pobreza em 2015 e a crescente desigualdade etária e regional entre os pobres no Brasil]

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  • Sonia Rocha

    (Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade)

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Este artigo tem três objetivos. Primeiro, apresentar indicadores de pobreza para 2015, quando a crise macroeconômica levou ao seu agravamento em todas as regiões e áreas do país. Segundo, discutir a evolução de longo prazo enfatizando o período 2004-2015, caracterizado por melhoria sustentada dos indicadores e convergência espacial dos resultados até a reversão de 2015. Terceiro, mostrar que a queda da pobreza de 2004/2014 se fez acompanhar pelo agravamento da desigualdade na pobreza quanto a dois aspectos críticos: o regional - a desigualdade entre as cinco regiões aumentou, acentuando a dicotomia Norte/Nordeste versus Centro-Sul; e o etário, já que redução da pobreza e da indigência não beneficiou primordialmente as crianças, que em 2015 ainda tinham participação na pobreza e na indigência que era o dobro da sua participação na população em geral. Ao final são tratadas medidas de política passíveis de reduzir os efeitos da crise sobre os mais pobres.

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  • Sonia Rocha, 2019. "Poverty upsurge in 2015 and the rising trend in regional and age inequality among the poor in Brazil [O aumento da pobreza em 2015 e a crescente desigualdade etária e regional entre os pobres no Brasi," Nova Economia, Economics Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), vol. 29(1), pages 249-275, January-A.
    • Handle: RePEc:nov:artigo:v:29:y:2019:i:1:p:249-275
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    Keywords

    Pobreza; Desigualdade; Renda; Regiões; Faixas etárias;
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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