Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
.3 percent. This paper uses spatially disaggregated monthly data on consumer prices and two different household surveys to … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U … percent urban, higher food prices still led to a greater incidence and depth of poverty at the national level. …