Entry and exit poverty rates in Latin America: the role of labor market and social policies

BECCARIA, LUIS; MAURIZIO, ROXANA; VÁZQUEZ, GUSTAVO

Rotterdam

Conferencia; IARIW 33th General Conference; 2014

IARIW

Latin America experienced a long period of sustained growth since 2003 that positively impacted social and labor market indicators, including poverty. This paper contributes to the understanding of this process as it carries out a comparative study of poverty dynamics in five Latin American countries during 2003-2012. It analyzes the extent to which countries with different levels of poverty incidence diverge in terms of poverty exit and entry rates, identifies the relative importance of the frequency and impact of events associated with poverty transitions and examines how these events affect households with different characteristics.