The institution of slavery displays a puzzling historical pattern: it is found mostly at intermediate stages of … agrarian stages. We explain this rise-and- fall pattern of slavery in a growth model with land and labor as inputs in … into slavery, to a force behind the transition from slavery to free labor. Our model also explains several other historical …

The institution of slavery displays a puzzling historical pattern: it is found mostly at intermediate stages of … agrarian stages. We explain this rise-and- fall pattern of slavery in a growth model with land and labor as inputs in … into slavery, to a force behind the transition from slavery to free labor. Our model also explains several other historical …

program can slow the flow of people into the actual state of slavery, but at the same time can increase the number of people …

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. Brazil …

Brazil, VASP used to be second place. With financial problems, VASP could not buy new airplanes and its fleet was from the 70 …

During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Brazil went through a sequence of failed stabilization plans that …

This paper investigates the main sources of instability in Brazil during the currency and financial distress episode of …

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. In Brazil, not …

groups in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador (MRS), Bahia state, in Northeastern Brazil. Our results suggest that sheepskin …