Open AccessSalário mínimo, Bolsa Família e desempenho relativo recente da economia do Nordeste
Author(s) -
Alexandre Rands Barros,
Diloá Athias
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
brazilian journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1809-4538
pISSN - 0101-3157
DOI - 10.1590/s0101-31572013000100010
Subject(s) - economics , wage , demographic economics , minimum wage , welfare economics , development economics , labour economics
This paper presents the two major hypotheses explaining the relatively higher GDP growth of Northeast, when compared to the one for the whole country. These hypotheses are that governmental transferences towards the poorest and the rises in minimum wages are responsible for such relative performance. They are formally presented theoretically and a method to test their relative role is developed, relying on county data for the period 2000 to 2006. The results indicate that the Bolsa Familia Program had a higher positive impact in the GDP growth rate of the region than the rises in Minimum wage