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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare : Evidence from Brazil in 2008

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dc.contributor.authorFruttero, Anna
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.contributor.authorLeite, Phillippe
dc.contributor.authorLucchetti, Leonardo
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:04:58Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2011-05-01
dc.description.abstractFood price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was seven percent. Using spatially disaggregated monthly data on consumer prices and two different household surveys, we estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a large food producer, with a predominantly wage-earning agricultural labor force, our estimates include general equilibrium effects on market and transfer incomes, as well as the standard estimates of changes in consumer surplus. While the expenditure (or consumer surplus) effects were large, negative and markedly regressive everywhere, the market income effect was positive and progressive, particularly in rural areas. Because of this effect on the rural poor, and of the partial protection afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U-shaped, with middle-income groups suffering larger proportional losses than the very poor. Nevertheless, since Brazil is 80 percent urban, higher food prices still led to a greater incidence and depth of poverty at the national level.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110928105536
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5652
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3581
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper ; No. 5652
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABOUR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTORS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANIMAL HUSBANDRY
dc.subjectAVERAGE PRICE
dc.subjectBASIC FOODSTUFFS
dc.subjectBEEF
dc.subjectCA
dc.subjectCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCEREALS
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICE
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCONDIMENTS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICES
dc.subjectCONSUMER SURPLUS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCOST OF LIVING
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectDAIRY
dc.subjectDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRICES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEGGS
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFACTOR PRICES
dc.subjectFAMILY FARMS
dc.subjectFARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFARM INCOME
dc.subjectFARM INCOMES
dc.subjectFARM LABOR
dc.subjectFARM PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFARM WORKERS
dc.subjectFARM-GATE
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFATS
dc.subjectFEEDS
dc.subjectFLOUR
dc.subjectFOOD BUYERS
dc.subjectFOOD COMMODITIES
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD MARKETS
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE INFLATION
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD PRICING
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCER
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD SALES
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectFRUIT
dc.subjectGRAINS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectIMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME EFFECTS
dc.subjectINCOME GAINS
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLEGUMES
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMARKET POWER
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectMETROPOLITAN REGION
dc.subjectMETROPOLITAN REGIONS
dc.subjectMILK
dc.subjectNEW POOR
dc.subjectOILS AND FATS
dc.subjectPASTA
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCREASE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY POVERTY
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGE
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRICE EFFECT
dc.subjectPRICE INCREASE
dc.subjectPRICE INCREASES
dc.subjectPRICE INDEX
dc.subjectPRICE INFLATION
dc.subjectPRICE VARIATION
dc.subjectPRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subjectPRICING REFORMS
dc.subjectPURCHASING
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL PRICE
dc.subjectREGIONAL VARIATION
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSHARECROPPERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSTARCHES
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTE
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectSUGAR
dc.subjectSUGARS
dc.subjectSUPPLY CURVE
dc.subjectSURPLUS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTRANSFER AMOUNTS
dc.subjectTRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.subjectTUBERS
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVOLATILITY
dc.subjectWELFARE MEASURE
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.titleRising Food Prices and Household Welfare : Evidence from Brazil in 2008en
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okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5652
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.region.geographicalSouth America
okr.region.geographicalAmerica
okr.topicIndustry::Food & Beverage Industry
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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