The Distribution of transfers, target-group and coverage of the Continuous Cash Benefit

Authors

  • Marcelo Medeiros Universidade de Brasília - UnB
  • Melchior Sawaya Neto Tribunal de Contas da União
  • Fábio Henrique Granja e Barros Tribunal de Contas da União

Abstract

The article proposes an operational definition of disability and a methodology to estimate the distributions of the elderly and persons with disability eligible to the Continuous Cash Benefit by income groups using three sources of Brazilian data, the 2000 Demographic Census, the 2006 National Household Survey (PNAD 2006) and administrative records from the Ministry of Social Development (MDS). According to the estimate, persons with disability and the elderly are distributed uniformly across income groups but the benefits go predominantly to the lower income population. The results indicate that the coverage of the target population is still below necessary and the program presents targeting errors but those are mostly low intensity errors.

Key words – Cash transfer. Social assistance. Disability. Incapacity to work. Targeting.

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Published

2009-12-23

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Medeiros, M., Neto, M. S., & Granja e Barros, F. H. (2009). The Distribution of transfers, target-group and coverage of the Continuous Cash Benefit. Textos & Contextos (Porto Alegre), 8(2), 358–376. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fass/article/view/6350

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Report on handicap, social policies and human rights

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