Impacts of Bolsa Família Programme on income and working offer of the poor famílies: an approach using the treatment of quantile effect
The impact of Bolsa Família Program (BFP) along with the distributionofworkincomeandworkday ofBrazilianpoorfamilieswasevaluated using microdata from the 2010 Sample Census of IBGE and the Quantile Treatment Effect estimator proposed by Firpo (2007). Both treatment and control groups were based on fam...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Published: |
Universidade de São Paulo
2016-06-01
|
| Series: | Economia Aplicada |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/117010 |
| Summary: | The impact of Bolsa Família Program (BFP) along with the distributionofworkincomeandworkday ofBrazilianpoorfamilieswasevaluated using microdata from the 2010 Sample Census of IBGE and the Quantile Treatment Effect estimator proposed by Firpo (2007). Both treatment and control groups were based on families eligible to the Program, but only familiesthat actuallyreceivedthebenefitswereincludedinthetreatment group. Families registered as PBF beneficiaries, when compared to non beneficiary families: a) may work more, less or the same, depending on the quantile of the distribution; and, b) receive less for the work done at all quantiles of the distribution |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1413-8050 1980-5330 |