Poverty in Brazil - What role do racial differences play?

Master's Thesis , 2005 , 78 Pages , Grade: A-

Business economics - Miscellaneous

The thesis examines the role of race in explaining Brazilian poverty and also analyses the correlates of poverty in Brazil in 2002. It thus provides an actual poverty profile of the Brazilian population with focus on its racial dimension.
The thesis is based on large cross-sectional household survey data, the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) data sets, and applies best practice techniques of distributional analysis to micro-data.

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Poverty in Brazil..
  • 1.1. Introduction..
  • 1.2. Literature Review..
• Chapter 2. Brazilian Poverty Profile by Race....
  • 2.1. Data Issues..
  • 2.2. Income as an Indicator of Household Welfare.....
  • 2.3. Poverty Lines........
  • 2.4. Aggregated Poverty Measures..
    • 2.4.2. FGT Class of Poverty Measures...
    • 2.4.3. Robustness Analysis.......
• Chapter 3. Correlates of Brazilian Poverty.
  • 3.1. Regressions over the Whole Sample………………
  • 3.2. Separate Regressions by Race…......
  • 3.3. Interactive Regression Models...

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This thesis explores the relationship between race and poverty in Brazil, aiming to understand the role of racial differences in explaining poverty levels and to provide an in-depth analysis of poverty in Brazil in 2002. It focuses on analyzing the correlates of poverty and the racial dimension of poverty.

• The impact of race on poverty levels in Brazil.
• The socioeconomic factors contributing to poverty in Brazil.
• The distribution of poverty across different racial groups in Brazil.
• The use of large-scale household survey data to analyze poverty.
• Policy implications for addressing poverty in Brazil.

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

Chapter 1 introduces the broader debate on poverty in Brazil, providing a framework for the analysis presented in the subsequent chapters. Chapter 2 examines the data used for the study, discusses methodological challenges, and presents standard scalar measures of poverty. This chapter also includes a statistical decomposition of poverty measures by the race of the household head. Chapter 3 delves deeper into the correlates of poverty through regression analyses, including both OLS and probit models, examining the entire sample and analyzing data separately for different racial groups.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

This research focuses on poverty in Brazil, racial disparities, household survey data, distributional analysis, poverty measures, regression analysis, socioeconomic factors, and policy implications.

• College: University of Sussex
• Grade: A-
• Author: Sarah Elisabeth Schmelzer (Author)
• Publication Year: 2005
• Pages: 78
• Catalog Number: V85540
• ISBN (eBook): 9783638900409
• ISBN (Book): 9783638905817
• Language: English
• Tags: Poverty, Brazil, What