The consumption of brazilian familiesa look at gender and race

Resumo

The objective of this study is to analyze the patterns of Brazilian household consumption based on the gender and race of the head of the household. Depending on who is responsible for the family, more or less is spent on certain goods and services, not only due to individual preferences, but also due to different perceptions about priorities within the family itself. Regarding gender, the literature emphasizes that, for women, the greatest burden of spending is on the well-being of their children, and, in terms of race, there is still an incipient discussion about spending directed to identity issues, but it draws attention that a large part of the expenses be directed towards what is necessary to survive, given the worst living conditions of black and brown people in Brazilian society. To understand these differences in the consumption pattern of families whose heads are men or women, with different colors/races, this article analyzes the determinants of family consumption categories separately for each of these groups. To do so, we estimated a simultaneous demand system for the six main aggregate consumption categories (housing, transportation, food, health, education, and other expenses). The analysis was done with the 2017-2018 Household Budget Survey, by National Statistical Bureau. Our results suggest that women spend more on housing than men, while men invest more resources in transportation expenses than women.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2024

Instituição

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Fonte

Economia e Sociedade

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8676907

Licença

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

Abrangência

Brazil, Contemporary; Brasil; Contemporáneo; Brasil; Contemporâneo

Palavras-chave

Household consumptionGenderRaceConsumer expenditure surveyConsumo das famíliasGêneroRaçaPesquisa de orçamentos familiares