Linkages between growth, poverty and the labour market

Resumo

From a methodological point of view, this paper makes two contributions to the literature. One contribution is the proposal of a new measure of pro-poor growth. This new measure provides the linkage between growth rates in mean income and in income inequality. In this context, growth is defined as pro-poor (or anti-poor) if there is a gain (or loss) in the growth rate due to a decrease (or increase) in inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages growth patterns, and labour market performances. Through the decomposition analysis, growth in per capita income is explained in terms of four labour market components: the employment rate, hours of work, the labour force participation rate, and productivity. The proposed methodology are then applied to the Brazilian National Household Survey (PNAD) covering the period 1995-2004. The paper analyzes the evolution of Brazilian social indicators based on per capita income exploring links with adverse labour market performance.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2006

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas. Escola de Pós-graduação em Economia

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/649

Temas

EconomiaDesenvolvimento EconômicoDados

Palavras-chave

InequalityPovertyGrowthPro-poor growthLabour marketDesigualdadePobrezaCrescimento pró-pobreMercado de trabalhoEconomiaPobreza - BrasilDesenvolvimento econômicoMercado de trabalho - Brasil