Uma análise da pobreza no Ceará com base em diferentes linhas de mensuração

Abstract

This paper presents a brief discussion of the main poverty lines used in the estimation of poverty and extreme poverty, seeking, among other things, a better understanding of different methodologies for measuring poverty in Ceará and Brazil. It is defined the concepts of poverty and extreme poverty based on the literature of the area, highlighting the main approaches used in determining the poverty lines. The literature of the area is unanimous in saying that the poverty lines based on consumption baskets are the most appropriate to characterize poverty in Brazilian regions. In addition, we analyzed the rates of poverty for the state of Ceará in recent years, when using different poverty lines. It seems that the systematic real increases in the minimum wage in Brazil in recent years imply poverty lines increasing over time, creating a significant impact on poverty rates when using the criterion of fractions of the minimum wage. It was also observed that the rates of poverty and extreme poverty calculated on methodology of fractions of the minimum wage are systematically higher than the rates obtained by the method based on baskets of consumption.