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A Face Feminina da Pobreza: Sobre-Representação e Feminização da Pobreza no Brasil

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  • Joana Simões Costa
  • Luana Pinheiro
  • Marcelo Medeiros
  • Cristina Queiroz

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In this article we discuss the concepts of over-representation in poverty and feminizationof poverty. Considering six definitions for feminization of poverty we test whetherthis process has been happening in Brazil from 1983 to 2003. Our results show nosupport for a consistent process of feminization of poverty during this time; however,female headed households with children are over-represented among the poor. Whenwe consider simulations for unequal intra-household distribution, even though wefound women over-represented among the poor, there was no evidence of a feminizationof poverty in the period analyzed.

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  • Joana Simões Costa & Luana Pinheiro & Marcelo Medeiros & Cristina Queiroz, 2005. "A Face Feminina da Pobreza: Sobre-Representação e Feminização da Pobreza no Brasil," Discussion Papers 1137, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA.
    • Handle: RePEc:ipe:ipetds:1137
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    1. Nadja Simone Menezes Nery de Oliveira & Jefferson Andronio Ramundo Staduto & Ana Cecília de Medeiros Nitzsche Kreter & Dietrich Darr, 2020. "Trabajo y pobreza. Las mujeres cabeza de familia de las áreas rurales del Nordeste y Sur de Brasil," Revista Sociedad y Economía, Universidad del Valle, CIDSE, issue 41, pages 6-24, July.
    2. Marinho, Emerson & Linhares, Fabricio & Campelo, Guaracyane, 2011. "Os Programas de Transferência de Renda do Governo Impactam a Pobreza no Brasil?," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 65(3), September.

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