Researches

2009

September/2009

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Microinsurance and the New Middle Class

The Center for Social Policies at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CPS/FGV) has shown in successive studies the emergence of a new middle class in Brazil: from 2003 to 2008, 27 million people have ascended to classes ABC.

Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inclusive Growth, Inequality and Poverty, Inequality, wealth and opportunities, New Middle Class Labour & Production > Institutions and Informality, Market Access Microfinance & Mobility > Mobility and Risks, Microcredit and microinsurance, Financial Inclusion Society Econometrics > Coverage and Demand, Incentive Design, Policies Application and Impact Evaluation
April/2009

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Chronicle of the Crisis: Recent Undertow and Resilience in Brazil

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Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inequality and Poverty, New Middle Class Microfinance & Mobility > Mobility and Risks
February/2009

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Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold: External Shocks and Middle-Class in Brazil

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Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inequality, wealth and opportunities, New Middle Class Microfinance & Mobility > Mobility and Risks

2008

September/2008

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Poverty and the New Middle Class in the Decade of Equality

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Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare > Inequality, wealth and opportunities, New Middle Class

Pages

Pesquisas

Microinsurance and the New Middle Class The Center for Social Policies at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CPS/FGV) has shown in successive studies the emergence of a new middle class in...	Equality and Efficiency in Education: Motivations and Targets Click here to see the content of the research The "Educational PAC", released at the time, attempts to place basic education at the...
Poverty, Inequality and Stability: The Second Real Click here to see the content of the research Since 1992, when the new National Household Survey (PNAD) was established, the figures...	The Little Big Decade: Crisis Scenarios and the new middle class Click here to see the content of the research

Textos

Notes for Society

Interview - Agenda for Social Advances

Destaques

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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

Another View: A Brazilian soap star gets scrubbed by scandal

New Haven Register
Brazil’s income inequality hits highest since at least 2012

The Miami Herald

Fotos

Educação / Education
Demografia / Demography

Vídeos

Estúdio da BBC - Ao Vivo durante dos Jogos Olímpicos
Harvard Chan School of Public Health - Seminar / Marcelo Neri

Educação

Graduação Online

MBA & Pós-Graduação

Mestrado e doutorado

Curta e Média Duração

FGV Ensino Médio

Livros

Ensino

Escola de Ciências Sociais

Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro

Escola de Direito de São Paulo

Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo

Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas

Comunicação Rio

Escola de Comunicação, Mídia e Informação

Escola de Economia de São Paulo

Escola de Matemática Aplicada

Escola Brasileira de Economia e Finanças

Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Educacional

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico

Escola de Relações Internacionais

Pesquisa

Pesquisas Teses e Publicações

Assessoria Técnica

Projetos Internacionais

Avaliações

Avaliações Educacionais

Índices

Instituto Brasileiro de Economia

Unidades

Unidades e Institutos