Multidimensional poverty in Brazil: analysis of the period 2004-2015

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2020)

Jan-Mar / 2020
Published January 1, 2020
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da Silva, José Jaime, Miguel Antonio Pinho Bruno, and Denise Britz do Nascimento Silva. 2020. “Multidimensional Poverty in Brazil: Analysis of the Period 2004-2015”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 40 (1):138-60. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-35172020-2924 .
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Multidimensional poverty in Brazil: analysis of the period 2004-2015

José Jaime da Silva
Assistente de pesquisa do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - Diretoria de Estudos e Políticas Regionais, Urbanas e Ambientais - IPEA/DIRUR, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil.
Miguel Antonio Pinho Bruno
Professor pesquisador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em População, Território e Estatísticas Públicas da Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - ENCE-IBGE,Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil.
Denise Britz do Nascimento Silva
Professora pesquisadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em População, Território e Estatísticas Públicas da Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - ENCE-IBGE, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 40 No. 1 (2020), Jan-Mar / 2020, Pages 138-160

Abstract

The main goals of this paper were to construct a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Brazil using data from PNAD and also provides an analysis of its evolution for the period 2004-2015. The proposed IPM follows the method developed by Alkire and Santos (2013). The results confirm the reduction on the incidence of multidimensional poverty in Brazil. However, people move out of poverty into the stage of vulnerability, showing a gradual improvement on living conditions. Regionally,there was a reduction in the incidence of poverty in the whole country, and notably in the North and Northeast regions. 

JEL Classification: I32; I31; D31.


Keywords: Multidimensional poverty capabilities welfare National Household Survey