Jobs for Brazil’s Poor : Social Protection Programs and Labor Supply Impacts on the Poor in Brazil

The World Bank is carrying out a program of Analytic and Advisory Activities (the Labor AAA) focused on the interface between social protection programs and labor supply and productivity. This focus relates to the debates in Brazil surrounding the issue of helping transfer beneficiaries graduate from poverty and from dependence on transfer incomes. The AAA is structured along two pillars. Pillar I addresses questions related to the impacts of explicit and implicit public transfers on labor supply and savings decisions. In particular, what is the effect of public transfers such as Bolsa Familia and those related to the social insurance system (pensions and unemployment) on work incentives, early entry and retirement, sector choice, and ultimately, public expenditures, human capital accumulation and growth. Pillar II focuses on program design and evaluation. The and goal is to identify how the portfolio of transfer and active labor market programs can be optimized to enhance the employability of the poor, help promote their graduation from poverty, and, ultimately, from dependence on transfer income. In addition, the Labor AAA includes a component to assess public perceptions about Social Protection programs. The Labor AAA is a living program that seeks to respond to questions posed by Brazilian policy-makers as they strengthen the education-social protection-labor market nexus. This approach is helping convene the different stakeholders at the federal level by bringing evidence and policy analysis to the debates.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lindert, Kathy, Robalino, David, de la Brière, Bénédicte
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-03
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ADULT EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, BENEFICIARIES, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CASH TRANSFERS, CREDIBILITY, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, CREDIT PROGRAMS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISABILITY, EARLY RETIREMENT, EARNINGS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYMENT LEVELS, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INCOME TAX, INCOME TAX CREDIT, INCOMES, INFLATION, INFORMAL SECTOR, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INNOVATIONS, INVENTORY, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB SEARCH, JOB TRAINING, JOB TURNOVER, JOBS, KNOWLEDGE GAPS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR INTENSITY, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET NEXUS, LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, LABOR SUPPLY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LINES OF CREDIT, LITERACY, MARGINAL TAX RATE, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET DISTORTIONS, MICRO CREDIT, MICRO ENTERPRISES, MICRO-CREDIT, OLD AGE, OLDER WORKERS, OUTPUTS, PENSION, PENSION SYSTEM, PENSION SYSTEMS, PENSIONS, PORTFOLIO, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY RATES, PRESS COVERAGE, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAM DESIGN, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC SPENDING, RATES OF RETURN, REPLACEMENT RATE, RESPONSIBILITIES, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT AGES, RETURN ON CONTRIBUTIONS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, SAVINGS, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SENIOR, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS, SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM, SOCIAL PROTECTION, STAKEHOLDERS, SUPPORT PROGRAMS, SURVIVAL RATES, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING SERVICES, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, WAGES, WORKER, WORKING ADULTS, WORKING POOR,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9669071/jobs-brazils-poor-social-protection-programs-labor-supply-impacts-poor-brazil https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10285
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