Multidimensionality in gender and poverty in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

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https://doi.org/10.1590/21gykd53

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Poverty, Gender, Inequality, Capability

Abstract

 This paper aims to discuss the importance of multidimensionality in understanding poverty in Porto Alegre, as well as to identify the spatial and gender disparities among its regions. The paper was based on a dataset from a survey conducted in 2007, in a two stage methodology in which 16386 people living in poverty were interviewed. The results enabled the researchers to highlight the importance of dimensions such as habitation, health and education to allow people to “live a “dignified life”. It also shows the differences in deprivations between men and women, the heterogeneity among the Porto Alegre regions and, in particular, the way in which men and women shape their perceptions of poverty and deprivation.

Author Biographies

  • Izete Pengo Bagolin, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

    PhD in Economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Professor in the Department of Economics and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Development Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil.

  • Osmar Tomaz de Souza, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

    PhD in Environment and Development from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Professor in the Department of Economics and in the Graduate Program in Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil.

  • Flavio V. Comim , University of Cambridge

    PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.

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2012-09-27

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2012)

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