title: Do changes in the labour market take families out of poverty? Determinants of exiting poverty in Brazilian metropolitan regions.
abstract: Using survival models, we test whether short-term changes in the labour market affect poverty duration. Data are from the Brazilian Monthly Employment Survey. Such a monthly dataset permits more accurate estimations of events than using annual data, but its panel follows households for a short period. Then methods that control for both right- and left-censoring should be used. The results are as follows: households with zero income are not those with the lowest chances of exiting; changes in aggregate unemployment do not affect poverty duration; and increasing wages in the informal sector has a negative effect on poverty duration.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Flavia
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Rafael Perez Ribas
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ribas
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006796:Household Work / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D011157:Population Dynamics / Q000266:history; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000266:history; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors / Q000266:history; D014504:Urban Health / Q000266:history; D014505:Urban Population / Q000266:history