Salário mínimo, Bolsa Família e desempenho relativo recente da economia do Nordeste Minimum wages, poverty alleviation income policies, and the relative performance of the Northeastern economy in Brazil

<abstract language="eng">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...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Rands Barros, Diloá Athias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572013000100010