This study aims to assess the impact of the federal agricultural settlement program on the sustainability of its beneficiaries in the state of Ceará. In order to achieve such goal, unpaired data indices were built and a pairing method based on the propension score (Propension Score Matching) was applied, by using primary data collected alongside beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers. The results of the unpaired analysis showed to be very similar to those obtained with the pairing analysis, which indicate the non-effectiveness of this public policy on the generation of significant impacts on the quality of life, on environmental and political-institutional development for their beneficiaries, when compared to those not encompassed by such policy.
Land Reform Program; Sustainability; Propensity Score Matching
