This paper studies the impact of working with same-race coworkers on individuals’ retention at firms. Using administrative employer-employee data from Brazil, the paper exploits unexpected deaths of workers...
A substantial literature studied the capacity of safety nets to expand automatically during labor market shocks; however, less is known about the dynamics of social assistance when labor market conditions...
The objective of this note is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Brazilian pension system through an equity lens. This focus is important, because fairness and equity of the pension system are...
The objective of this note is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Brazilian pension system through an equity lens. This focus is important, because fairness and equity of the pension system are...
The frequency and cost of climate change-related disasters have been on the rise in Brazil in the recent decades. Despite Brazil’s progress in decreasing poverty over the past decades, climate change is...
O Bolsa Família (BF) é um dos primeiros programas de transferência condicionada de renda (CCT) direcionados à pobreza estabelecidos no mundo e, ao longo do tempo, experimentou uma grande e heterogênea...
Bolsa Familia (BF) is one of the earliest established poverty-targeted conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in the world, and, over time, it has experienced a large and heterogenous churn in beneficiaries...
The purpose of the note is to inform the design of policies and instruments that can enhance labor market outcomes of Brazil’s poor and vulnerable populations. Global and regional experiences show that...
Bolsa Familia (BF) is one of the earliest established poverty-targeted conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in the world, and, over time, it has experienced a large and heterogenous churn in beneficiaries...
This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...
This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...
This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...
This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...
This report focuses on Brazil's main conditional cash transfer program, and focuses on the following topics: (i) Challenges faced by the new government; (ii) Microsimulation results; (iii) Government's...
This report focuses on Brazil's main conditional cash transfer program, and focuses on the following topics: (i) Challenges faced by the new government; (ii) Microsimulation results; (iii) Government's...
O Brasil fez avanços significativos em termos de redução da pobreza e desigualdade desde seu retorno à democracia no final dos anos 1980. A expansão das políticas de proteção social desempenhou um papel...
Brazil has made significant advances in terms of reducing poverty and inequality since its return to democracy in the late 1980s. The expansion of social protection policies played an important role in...
O Brasil fez avanços significativos em termos de redução da pobreza e desigualdade desde seu retorno à democracia no final dos anos 1980. A expansão das políticas de proteção social desempenhou um papel...