Researches

2020

September/2020

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The pandemic’s effects on the Brazilian labor market: Inequalities, changing channels and the role of working hours

After the first complete quarter under the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil (i.e.

Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inequality and Poverty Labour & Production > Employment and Productivity
September/2020

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Comparing the BPC (cash transfers linked to the minimum wage) vs the Bolsa Família Program (creation of the Renda Brasil)

Is it better to strengthen the BPC (i.e. cash transfers linked to the minimum wage) or expand the Bolsa Família program (e.g. by creating the Renda Brasil)?

Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Income Policies Society Econometrics > Policies Application and Impact Evaluation
August/2020

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Where are the “rich” in Brazil?

According to estimates from FGV Social based on declared earnings in Income Tax registries over total population projections in each locality, the Brazilian State’s Capital with the highest income per inhabitant is Florianópolis (R$ 3,998/month), followed by Porto Alegre and Vitória.

Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inequality, wealth and opportunities
August/2020

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What are the immediate effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Brazilian Economic Classes?

An empirical assessment on Brazilian economic classes based on factual data collected during the Covid-19 pandemic shows that the number of poor Brazilians has decreased by 13.1 million individuals between 2019 and July 2020 (considering poor those individuals with per capita income below ½ m

Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inequality and Poverty Society Econometrics > Demography and Diversity

Pages

Pesquisas

Where are the “rich” in Brazil? According to estimates from FGV Social based on declared earnings in Income Tax registries over total population projections in...	The Escalation of Inequality – What was the impact of the crisis on income distribution and poverty? The research shows, first hand, that per capita household earnings inequality has been increasing for 17 consecutive quarters...
Youth - Population Projections In a project entitled Atlas of Youths, spatial representation plays a prominent role. We emphasize here changes and levels of...	Youth, Education and Labor: Impacts of the Pandemic on the share that Neither Study, Nor Work What was the Impact of the Pandemic on the Work and Study of Youngsters? Recent studies...

Textos

Notas para a sociedade

FGV Social launches the research: The Poverty Rollercoaster

Destaques

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FGV Social launches the research "Where are the elderly? Knowledge against Covid-19"

Who are the elderly Brazilians? How do they live? Where do they live?
(evidence by countries, Brazilian states, capital cities,...
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Marcelo Neri holds a lecture on inclusive and sustainable development for administration students

Marcelo Neri holds a lecture on inclusive and sustainable development for administration students
The lecture preceded the award of the “Top...
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FGV Social launches the research: Food Insecurity In Brazil

Brazil occupies a prominent place on the issue of food insecurity, both because of agricultural production and because of the...
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Brazil’s Family Allowance program's impacts and improvements addressed at workshop

FGV Social - Center for Social Policy held a workshop on Bolsa Família [Family Allowance], Targeting, and the Job Market. The event...
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FGV Social launches the research: Inequality and Wellbeing during the Pandemic in Brazil

Just over a year after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, what has happened to labor income inequality and prosperity...
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Booming Misery in Brazil: the country has registered an increase of 67% in the number of people living in extreme poverty between 2014 and 2019

Marcelo Neri, Director of FGV Social, discusses the results of a research organized by him on the evolution of poverty and...
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Inequality rise reaches 17 consecutive quarters, says FGV Social

Inequality rise reaches 17 consecutive quarters, says FGV Social
From the end of 2014 until the 2º quarter of 2019, the income of the...
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FGV Social launches the research: The Poverty Rollercoaster

Besides prosperity and equality, stability is a key attribute to social well-being. Like the first two dimensions, stability is...
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Socioeconomic challenges and receptive tourism addressed in lecture

The Director of FGV Social – Center for Social Policy, Marcelo Neri, gave a lecture at the opening ceremony of the 60th National...
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FGV Social participates in Senate COVID-19 Committee meeting

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FGV Social analyzes the revocation of the Renda Brasil Program: Comparing the Bolsa Família Program vs the BPC (cash transfer linked to the Minimum Wage)

Is it better to strengthen the BPC (i.e. cash transfers linked to the minimum wage) or expand the Bolsa Família (e.g. by...
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Article - "Consumption, Poverty and Well-Being"

Article about the 2015 Nobel winner in Economics Angus Deaton written by Marcelo Neri for OECD Development Centre. See the Article http://www...
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POVERTY AND INEQUALITY DEBATED IN THE US IN AN EVENT COORGANIZED BY FGV SOCIAL

Poverty and inequality are debated by international researchers in the US
FGV Social co-organized the event, which was held at the Institute...
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FGV Social launches the research: New Poverty Map

The contingent of people with household per capita income lower than 497 reais per month became 62.9 million Brazilians in 2021...
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Study reveals rising poverty and inequality in Brazil over last four years

According to the study, published by FGV Social, there are currently 23.3 million people living below the poverty line in...
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FGV Social was present in The Economist's latest special report on Brazil

FGV Social was present in The Economist's latest special report on Brazil. For the third time in 12 years, the magazine...
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Food Security Nobel Peace Prize: Comparing Brazil and the World

Food Security Nobel Peace Prize:
Comparing Brazil and the World

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CUTS IN THE BOLSA FAMÍLIA PROGRAM AND THE ESCALATION OF EXTREME POVERTY IN BRAZIL

Between 2014 and 2018, the income of the poorest 5% in Brazil fell by 39%. Consequently, the number of people under the extreme...
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FGV Social launches the research: "Wealth Map"

Key Questions: Where are the richest in Brazil? How has the pandemic affected overall inequality and the geographic...
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Unprecedented research compares Brazilians’ perceptions to rest of world

Based on microdata from the Gallup World Poll, FGV Social compared Brazilians’ perceptions of their political and social context to those of 124...
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Book evaluates social impacts of 2016 Olympics in city of Rio de Janeiro

The book looks specifically at Rio’s population in relation to control groups, covering traditional factors linked to Olympic legacies, such as...
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FGV Social launches the research: "Covid, Economic Classes and the Middle Path: Chronicle of the Crisis up to August 2020"

An empirical assessment on Brazilian economic classes based on factual data collected during the Covid-19 pandemic shows that...
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2019 Social Assessment: Has Brazilian inequality peaked?

In the last year, inequality of labor earnings reached its highest level in the decade. Looking at the annual series, income inequality has been...
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Director of FGV Social presents work at the IMF and PIIE Conference in Washington

Marcelo Neri, director of FGV Social, spoke about poverty and inequality in the context of the pandemic at the “Rethinking...
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Study shows drop in Brazilian happiness

When comparing Brazil with 143 other countries, the country has had one of the three worst global declines and ranks 37th in the biennium 2017-...
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FGV Social launches the research: Return to School, Hours of Study and the Pandemic

Our starting point is to gauge movements of exits and returns to school during the pandemic. We document a rise in school...
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Interview - Agenda for Social Advances

Agenda for Social Advances
Neri gives the inclusive growth recipe for Brazil. For economist Marcelo Neri, director of the FGV Social,...
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FGV Social launches the research: "Time spent studying during the pandemic"

We propose a simple indicator that marks as a clock the hours dedicated by each potential student to distance learning. This...
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Ends, means and the Agenda for Fighting Poverty

Ends, means and the Agenda for Fighting Poverty
FGV Social co-edits special edition of the Brazilian Journal of Public Administration (RAP...
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Marcelo Neri was interviewed by the newspaper O Globo to talk about FGV Social's research in the area of Economics of Religions

Marcelo Neri was interviewed by the newspaper O Globo to talk about FGV Social's research in the area of ??Economics of Religions.
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Instituto Trata Brasil awards FGV Social at 10th anniversary event

The Director of FGV Social - Center for Social Policy, Marcelo Neri, was honored and awarded as the first researcher of Instituto Trata Brasil,...
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Changes in real income greater for women during Brazil's economic crisis

Between the last quarters of 2015 and 2016, the economic downturn had different impacts on Brazilians, based on their household conditions and...
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FGV director participates in event on Brazilian economy in the U.S.

Economist and director of FGV Social - Center for Social Policy, Marcelo Neri, spoke at the ‘Brazil Economic Conference’ in Washington, D.C...
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Director of FGV Social gives talks at Harvard and Columbia

The Director of the FGV Center for Social Policy (FGV Social), Marcelo Neri, gave a talk at Harvard University on April 19, and another talk at...
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International Highlights

Marcelo Neri (FGV Social/CPS), was cited in a Wall Street Journal article recently
Check out the article at this link: http://www....
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CPS promotes a seminar with ministers on the new social agenda

FGV’s Center for Social Policy (FGV Social/CPS) held on November 27, a debate connecting the past, present and future of public policies. The...
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Book "The New Middle Class" was nominated for the 2012 Jabuti Award

The book "The New Middle Class" of the economist Marcelo Neri was nominated for the 2012 Jabuti Award in Economics, Management and Business....
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Marcelo Neri participates in the seminar "Higher Education: Perspectives and International Experiences"

FGV’s Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (EPGE) organized, in partnership with the University of Bath (UK), the International Seminar on...
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Research published by the cps presents a panorama of the use of digital technologies

The Center of Political Sciences (CPS) announced on July 31st, its new study "The Beginning, the End and the Digital Media Coverage, Capacity...
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Publications about Population Perceptions

Publications about Population Perceptions:

.Perceived Human Development Index (Chapter 31 at “Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin...
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Marcelo Neri is Keynote Speaker at the World Social Science Forum 2015 in South Africa

Marcelo Neri, from FGV’s Centre for Social Policy (CPS) and EPGE - Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, attended the World Social Science...
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Marcelo Neri Makes Lectures For Princess Máxima Of The Netherlands, UN Microfinance Ambassator

Marcelo Neri, chief economist of FGV's Center for Social Policies (CPS), made two presentations for Princess Máxima of the Netherlands... Leia mais
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Marcelo Neri - Recent Interviews

19/08/2019 - (In Portuguese) - Folha de S. Paulo - "Sem 'norte', serão 15 anos para Brasil voltar à pobreza de 2014 - https://...
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Marcelo Neri resumes activities at FGV and reestablishes the Center for Social Policy

Economist Marcelo Neri has resumed activities at Fundação Getulio Vargas and reestablished the Center for Social Policy (CPS). The center had...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas Represents Brazil In The Oecd Meeting

Fundação Getulio Vargas, on behalf of FGV Projetos, represented Brazil on the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
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Mídia

Grocery Stores Lock Up Their Meat in Brazil as Inflation Makes Steaks Too Pricey

Flipboard Online - USA
Brazil poverty soars as COVID deaths hit new highs

TV Al Jazeera America - USA

Fotos

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Vídeos

Video Long Term - Rio Social Changes 2009-2016: Is There a Pre-Olympic Legacy?
FGV SOCIAL - Rio Social Changes 2009-2016: Is There a Pre-Olympic Legacy?

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