Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey

Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey

This study applies the cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on expenditures from a 2017/18 household budget survey and caloric information from the Brazilian Table of Food...

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Main Authors: Lara Ibarra, Gabriel, Paffhausen, Anna Luisa, Duque, Daniel
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
POVERTY LINE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
FOOD POVERTY
BASIC NEEDS
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/125861639412675463/Estimating-a-Poverty-Line-for-Brazil-Based-on-the-2017-18-Household-Budget-Survey
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spelling okr-10986-367362021-12-17T05:10:53Z Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey Lara Ibarra, Gabriel Paffhausen, Anna Luisa Duque, Daniel POVERTY LINE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FOOD POVERTY BASIC NEEDS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET This study applies the cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on expenditures from a 2017/18 household budget survey and caloric information from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition, calorie intake is assigned to more than 1,400 items to estimate the cost per calorie for a representative group of the population. The preferred results estimate the value of the food poverty line at R$258 (in 2018 urban Southeast prices), and the lower total poverty line (covering also nonfood necessities) at R$455. Robustness checks show that varying the assumptions leads to qualitatively similar results. The findings are also close in value to lines found in earlier studies and the societal poverty line. Finally, this work provides a data-driven validation of the income threshold used to determine eligibility for Brazil’s social registry. 2021-12-16T16:08:06Z 2021-12-16T16:08:06Z 2021-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/125861639412675463/Estimating-a-Poverty-Line-for-Brazil-Based-on-the-2017-18-Household-Budget-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36736 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9878 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic POVERTY LINE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
FOOD POVERTY
BASIC NEEDS
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
spellingShingle POVERTY LINE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
FOOD POVERTY
BASIC NEEDS
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
Paffhausen, Anna Luisa
Duque, Daniel
Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9878
description This study applies the cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on expenditures from a 2017/18 household budget survey and caloric information from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition, calorie intake is assigned to more than 1,400 items to estimate the cost per calorie for a representative group of the population. The preferred results estimate the value of the food poverty line at R$258 (in 2018 urban Southeast prices), and the lower total poverty line (covering also nonfood necessities) at R$455. Robustness checks show that varying the assumptions leads to qualitatively similar results. The findings are also close in value to lines found in earlier studies and the societal poverty line. Finally, this work provides a data-driven validation of the income threshold used to determine eligibility for Brazil’s social registry.
format Working Paper
author Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
Paffhausen, Anna Luisa
Duque, Daniel
author_facet Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
Paffhausen, Anna Luisa
Duque, Daniel
author_sort Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
title Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
title_short Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
title_full Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
title_fullStr Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
title_full_unstemmed Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey
title_sort estimating a poverty line for brazil based on the 2017/18 household budget survey
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/125861639412675463/Estimating-a-Poverty-Line-for-Brazil-Based-on-the-2017-18-Household-Budget-Survey
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