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

Robalino, David; de la Brière, Bénédicte; Lindert, Kathy

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

2008

Robalino, David | de la Brière, Bénédicte | Lindert, Kathy

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.

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adult education agricultural development cash transfers developing countries human capital income income tax inflation informal sector information systems literacy market access old age pension pensions poverty alleviation productivity retirement rural areas savings senior social insurance social protection stakeholders targeting training courses unemployment unemployment insurance wages

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Income tax credit; Credit programs; Active labor market; Working adults; Rural; Portfolio; Job search; Knowledge gaps; Pension system; Life expectancy; Micro enterprises; Unintended consequences; Jobs; Early retirement; Responsibilities; Financial sustainability; Public expenditures; Self-employment; Employability; Social insurance system; Labor intensity; Marginal tax rate; Social assistance; Outputs; Innovations; Press coverage; Job turnover; Pension systems; Credit constraints; Employment levels; Poverty rates; Program design; Inventory; Older workers; Worker; Lines of credit; Cash transfer programs; Labor market nexus; Human development; Incomes; Labor force participation; Market distortions; Labor supply; Earnings; Active labor market programs; Labor market programs; Financial system; Retirement ages; Working poor; Social insurance programs; Cash transfer; Transfer programs; Micro credit; Active labor; Job placement; Training services; Labor force; Education programs; Replacement rate; Disability; Return on contributions; Micro-credit; Job training; Labor market; Survival rates; Technical assistance; Unemployment spells; Rates of return; Credibility; Beneficiaries; Support programs; Public spending

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en breve; No. 122http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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en breve; No. 122

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