Impacts of Bolsa Família Programme on income and working offer of the poor famílies: an approach using the treatment of quantile effect

Authors

  • Daniella Medeiros Cavalcanti Federal University of Pernambuco image/svg+xml
  • Edward Martins Costa Federal University of Ceará image/svg+xml
  • Jorge Luiz Mariano da Silva Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte image/svg+xml
  • Raquel Menezes Bezerra Sampaio Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1413-8050/ea130092

Keywords:

Quantile treatment effects, Conditional cash transfer programs, Bolsa Família Program

Abstract

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

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Published

2016-06-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Papers

How to Cite

Cavalcanti, D. M., Costa, E. M., Silva, J. L. M. da, & Sampaio, R. M. B. (2016). Impacts of Bolsa Família Programme on income and working offer of the poor famílies: an approach using the treatment of quantile effect. Economia Aplicada, 20(2), 173-201. https://doi.org/10.11606/1413-8050/ea130092