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Women’s participation in the workforce and poverty in Brazil

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  • Lauro Ramos
  • Ana Lúcia Soares

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This paper analyzes the married women labor force participation across incomestrata. Both empirical and theoretical evidences indicate that this participation is higher thelower the husband’s income, which may suggest that women participation in the labor marketis greater among the poor. Our results show, however, that just the opposite relationshipemerges when one considers a more appropriate income concept for poverty matters: householdper capita income, that accounts for women’s earnings. Therefore, policies aimed ateliminating barriers to their access to the labor market, coupled with the provision of adequatesubstitutes for child rearing activities, should contribute to ameliorate poverty. JEL Classification: J16; J22.

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  • Lauro Ramos & Ana Lúcia Soares, 1995. "Women’s participation in the workforce and poverty in Brazil," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 15(3), pages 383-396.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:15:y:1995:i:3:p:383-396:id:1249
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    Keywords

    Female labor; labor supply; inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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