The impact of gender discrimination on poverty in Brazil / Rosycler Cristina Santos Simão and Sandro Eduardo Monsueto.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Santos Simão, Rosycler Cristina, author.

Contributor:

Monsueto, Sandro Eduardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Brazil.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages)

Contained In:

CEPAL Review Vol. 2008, no. 95, p. 141-154 2008:95<141 16840348

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2008.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This paper analyses the effects of gender discrimination on poverty in Brazil between 1992 and 2001, using data obtained from the National Household Survey. A counterfactual distribution of per capita household income was estimated, based on a hypothetical scenario in which the labour market pays equal wages to men and women in accordance with their qualifications. The results show that, when gender discrimination is eliminated, the percentage of poor persons tends to decline by an average of 10%. Results were even more striking among the most vulnerable segments of the population, such as members of households headed by black women who lack a formal employment contract or union membership.

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