Pobreza multidimensional no Nordeste: uma análise a partir dos dados da PNAD Contínua (2016-2019)

Abstract

The poverty subject is too complex to have its analysis limited exclusively by the insufficiency of one's income. This is a question which must be approached by the multidimensional perspective, once this phenomenon manifests itself in terms of deprivation of basic capabilities and socioeconomic insufficiency in meeting human needs. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the poverty in the Northeast region in Brazil, according to multidimensional aspects. To do so, it begins with a brief history of the evolution of the “poverty concept” in economic thinking about poverty. Right after, there is a discussion about poverty in the Northeast region, highlighting different causative and mitigating elements for this phenomenon in this region. Moreover, different approaches and methodologies to measure poverty are presented, creating a comparative study between the unidimensional and multidimensional views for Northeast and its Federation Units. In order to operationalize the applied poverty's study in the Northeast region, data from the National research by Continuous Household Sample (PNAD-C) from 2016 to 2019 were used.