Vulnerability in Seridó Potiguar: Gender Differentials in the labor market and the composition of income in face of climate change
Climate vulnerability; Work market; Gender differentials; Woman; Income transfer programss;
In the last decades, several debates have arisen on the climatic action in human life. In underdeveloped regions this type of event increases the social and economic vulnerability, especially of those who depend on agriculture. Gender inequalities in income and in the labor market intensify even more in such a scenario. In Brazil, the region that suffers the most from climatic vulnerability is the Northeast, characterized by the semi-arid climate, and within this region is the Seridó Potiguar, area of analysis of this dissertation. When there is a climatic event, such as drought, the economy is characterized by increased dependence on government resources, so public policies of income transfer are considered important to reduce the social and economic inequalities of a population. Considering these factors, the main objective of this study is to analyze the gender differentials in the labor market (occupations and income) and the composition of the income before the climatic constraint in Seridó Potiguar. The hypothesis is that in the context of low economic and social development and in situations of climatic vulnerability, such as drought, income differentials and occupations, between men and women are higher than in other regions. It is also expected that income transfer programs will be important in the composition of family income, especially female-headed households. Descriptive analyzes will be carried out, having as main data source the survey carried out by the household survey "Vulnerability and Adaptation in Brazilian Northeast: Local and Regional Perspectives on Urbanization in Seridó Potiguar". The results of this study are expected to signal the level of economic vulnerability faced by women in the Seridó Potiguar region, contributing to the elaboration and planning of public policies that aim to mitigate gender inequalities in the context of drought.