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Poverty and Inequality Reduction in Brazil – A Parenthesis in History or the Road Ahead? Cover

Poverty and Inequality Reduction in Brazil – A Parenthesis in History or the Road Ahead?

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|Oct 2016

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Extreme poverty according to different monetary poverty lines – Brazil, 1992–2013.

Source: Own calculations, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, several years.

Figure 2

Extreme poverty for specific groups as a percentage of the total poverty rate – Brazil, 1992–2013.

Source: Own calculations, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, several years.

Figure 3

Gini Coefficient of per capita income – Brazil, 1976–2013.

Source: Institute for Applied Economic Research – IPEA, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, several years.

Figure 4

Population by sex and age group – Brazil, 1992 and 2013.

Source: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics – IBGE.

Figure 5

Average number of children (aged up to 15) and of those aged from 16 in the 20 percent poorest households Brazil, 1992–2013.

Source: Own calculations, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, several years.

Figure 6

Gini Coefficient of years of schooling (for those aged 15 or more), of earnings and of per capita income – Brazil, 1992–2013.

Source: Institute for Applied Economic Research – IPEA, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, several years.

Figure 7

Women, black and rural workers’ average wages as percentage of men, white and urban workers’ average wages – Brazil, 1992–2013.

Source: Own calculations, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, several years.

Figure 8

Economic growth and registered job creation, annual rates – Brazil, 1992–2014.

Source: National Accounts – Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics; Annual Record of Social Information – RAIS/Ministry of Labour, several years.

*Data of job creation in 2014 based on the General Register of the Employed and Unemployed – CAGED/Ministry of Labour.

Figure 9

Percentage of workers in Brazil according to social protection status – Brazil, 1992, 2002 and 2013.

Source: Own calculations, based on data from the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE, 1992, 2002 and 2013.

Figure 10

The minimum wage and the mean wage (1992 = 100) between 1992 and 2014.

Source: Own calculations, based on data from the Ministry of Labour (minimum wage) and the National Household Survey – PNAD/IBGE (mean wage), several years. Values adjusted by the National Consumer Prices Index (INPC).

Table 1

Social Protection Expenditures as a percentage of GDP – Brazil 2013.

in R$ billion% of GDP
Soc. Security benefits – civil servants (A)209.54.3%
Soc. Security benefits – private sector (B)357.07.4%
Unemployment Insurance (C)31.30.6%
Abono Salarial (D)13.50.3%
Social Assistance Benefits (E)31.80.7%
Bolsa Familia (F)24.00.5%
Total (A+B+C+D+E+F)667.113.8%
Social Security benefits (A+B)566.511.7%
Passive employment policies (C+D)44.80.9%
Social Security and Employment policies (A+B+C+D)611.312.6%
Social Assistance (E+F)55.81.2%
GDP4,844.8100%

[i] Sources: Brazil/Ministry of Planning and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics/IBGE.

Table 2

Economic growth in Brazil, LAC countries and the World.

1992–19941995–19981999–20022003–20062007–20102011–2014
Brazil3.182.592.313.514.592.14
LAC3.993.201.214.643.613.06
World2.613.493.484.913.563.60

[i] Source: WEO (Oct. 2015), IMF.

Language: English
Page range: 37 - 50
Published on: Oct 12, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2016 Luis Henrique Paiva, published by Stockholm University Press
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