Abstract
The objective is to discuss the contradictions and the impact on poverty reduction of the Brazilian policies aimed to replace elderly income.
Brazilian Government has made great advances in ensuring a minimum income to the elderly population. However, these policies have some contradictions. One of them
is that individuals are fulfilling the conditions for retirement too young considering that life expectation has increased and health conditions have improved. So, they receive pensions but keep working. Another one is that women start to get the benefit earlier than men. This takes place in despite of them have a higher life expectation.
It cannot be denied that these policies have fulfilled an important role in reducing poverty among the elderly. Nevertheless, it is argued that better living standard for them has brought about income inequalities among the age groups. But the nature of the two benefits is quite different. The benefit for non-elderly persons aims to take off poor individuals from this situation and to give them conditions for entering in the labor market. Its value cannot be high in order not to disincentive them to look for a job, On the other hand, the social assistance benefit for elderly population is target to a very poor group, which has certainly lost the conditions to generate their own income
Brazilian Government has made great advances in ensuring a minimum income to the elderly population. However, these policies have some contradictions. One of them
is that individuals are fulfilling the conditions for retirement too young considering that life expectation has increased and health conditions have improved. So, they receive pensions but keep working. Another one is that women start to get the benefit earlier than men. This takes place in despite of them have a higher life expectation.
It cannot be denied that these policies have fulfilled an important role in reducing poverty among the elderly. Nevertheless, it is argued that better living standard for them has brought about income inequalities among the age groups. But the nature of the two benefits is quite different. The benefit for non-elderly persons aims to take off poor individuals from this situation and to give them conditions for entering in the labor market. Its value cannot be high in order not to disincentive them to look for a job, On the other hand, the social assistance benefit for elderly population is target to a very poor group, which has certainly lost the conditions to generate their own income
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