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Rural population and social security in Brazil: An analysis with emphasis on constitutional changes

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  • Kaizô Iwakami Beltrão
  • Sonoe Sugahara Pinheiro
  • Francisco Eduardo Barreto De Oliveira

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This paper analyses the situation of the Brazilian rural population with respect to social insurance and social assistance at two points in time: 1988 and 1998. The 1988 Constitution defined new rules with regard to eligibility conditions and benefit values for the rural population. But it was only in July 1991, with Law 8213, that these changes were implemented. We compare — by gender and individual age — activity rates and probability of receiving benefits, before and after the changes in legislation. We also compare, at these two points in time, family structure and the importance of the income of older people in the family budget. The analysis makes clear the positive impact brought by the legislation on the coverage and per capita family income of those families with older members in rural Brazil, bringing about some degree of poverty alleviation, as well as bridging the gender gap with respect to access to benefits. In contrast to what occurs in other Latin American countries, nowadays the Brazilian rural population has almost universal access to social security benefits, not only at family level but also in individual terms.

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  • Kaizô Iwakami Beltrão & Sonoe Sugahara Pinheiro & Francisco Eduardo Barreto De Oliveira, 2004. "Rural population and social security in Brazil: An analysis with emphasis on constitutional changes," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 57(4), pages 19-49, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:57:y:2004:i:4:p:19-49
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2004.00201.x
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    1. Loumrhari, Ghizlan, 2016. "Pensions sociales et réduction de la pauvreté. Le cas du Maroc [Social pensions and reduction of the poverty. The case of Morocco]," MPRA Paper 74076, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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