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The Brazilian social security program:diagnosis and proposal for reform

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  • Castro, Hélio Oliveira Portocarrero de
  • Oliveira, Luiz Guilherme Schymura de
  • Cardoso, Renato Fragelli
  • Magalhães, Uriel de

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The Brazilian pay-as-you-go social security program is analyzed in a historical perspective. Its contribution to income inequality, and the role played by the inflation as a balancing variable are discussed. It is shown that budgetary constraints due to the increasing informalization of the labor force can no longer be reconciled with protligate eligibility criteria. A tailor-made proposal for reform is presented as well as a plan for financing the transition from today's system to the proposed one.

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  • Castro, Hélio Oliveira Portocarrero de & Oliveira, Luiz Guilherme Schymura de & Cardoso, Renato Fragelli & Magalhães, Uriel de, 1994. "The Brazilian social security program:diagnosis and proposal for reform," FGV EPGE Economics Working Papers (Ensaios Economicos da EPGE) 237, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil).
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:epgewp:237
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