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Social Security and Rural Poverty in Brazil

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  • Assunção, Juliano J.
  • Chein, Flávia

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This paper investigates the effectiveness of the social security system as a rural antipoverty policy. The source of econometric identification is a Brazilian legislative change implemented in 1991 that reduced the minimum eligibility age, increased the benefits, and extended the participation to non-head of the household members. Our findings indicate that the reform has reduced the incidence of poverty by 40% in eligible households.

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  • Assunção, Juliano J. & Chein, Flávia, 2009. "Social Security and Rural Poverty in Brazil," Brazilian Review of Econometrics, Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria - SBE, vol. 29(2), December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sbe:breart:v:29:y:2009:i:2:a:3442
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