Jorgemar Felix

Jorgemar Felix holds a PhD in Sociology and a Master’s degree in Political Economy from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. He is a professor of Economics in the graduate program in Gerontology at the University of São Paulo (USP - School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities - EACH). He is a member of the CuiDDe Research Network—Care, Rights, and Inequalities—at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap). In Brazil, his postdoctoral research is based at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), within the PAGU—Center for Gender Studies.

The project

Titles: Aging, Debt, and Care: An Analysis of the Case of France from a Gender Perspective

"This international research project is part of a broader postdoctoral study (developed at the State University of Campinas) examining care, population aging, and indebtedness. The process termed the financialization of old age (Debert & Felix, 2024) focuses primarily on debt related to care expenditures in a broad sense—self-care, caregiving, and receiving care. This issue is relevant to the French public debate, as austerity policies have reduced the state’s role in providing social services. The project aims to collect data in France to establish a comparative study with Brazil, considering both gender and age perspectives. In Brazil, the initial two phases of the project have already been conducted. The first involved interviews with elderly women, while the second consisted of a literature review. In France, the study will conduct field interviews with women from the same sample group used in Brazil, carry out literature research, and interview policymakers."

Hosting institution: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Centre de Recherches Sociologiques et Politiques de Paris (CRESPPA)

Selective Bibliography

• FELIX, J. Novo Desenvolvimentismo e desigualdades: notas sobre a visão de Bresser-Pereira. CADERNOS DE GESTÃO PÚBLICA , v. 29, p. e90249, 2024.
• DEBERT, G. G. ; FELIX, J. . A financeirização da velhice e a convergência entre Estado e mercado. ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS (ONLINE), v. 38, p. 91-113, 2024
• DEBERT, G. G. ; FELIX, J. . Cuidado e renda das pessoas idosas no Brasil: uma equação para além da educação financeira?. PESQUISA & DEBATE (SÃO PAULO. 1985. ONLINE), v. 36, p. 121-139, 2024.
• FELIX, J. Tribute to Ignacy Sachs (1927-2023). Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (Impresso), v. 43, p. 773-776, 2023.
• DEBERT, G. G. ; FELIX, J. . La Covid-19 au Brésil : sur qui les personnes âgées peuvent-elles compter ?. Gérontologie et société, v. 1, p. IE-XVIIIe, 2022.