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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

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Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil

Chioda, Laura; Mello, João M. P. de; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …

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Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals

Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This paper...

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The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon

Chimeli, Ariaster B.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world …

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Are Wage and Employment Effects Robust to Alternative Minimum Wage Variables?

Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

A national minimum wage cannot explain variation in wages or employment across regions. Identification of the effect of the minimum wage separately from the effect of other variables on wages or employment requires regional variation. Many minimum wage variables with regional variation have been...

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Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil

Kruger, Diana; Soares, Rodrigo R.; Berthelon, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

identified. We apply our model to Brazil and use agricultural shocks to local economic activity (coffee and overall agricultural …

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The Effects of the Minimum Wage in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Brazil

Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

sectors in Brazil and in Latin America more generally. …

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A Menu of Minimum Wage Variables for Evaluating Wages and Employment Effects: Evidence from Brazil

Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

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

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Is Child Labor Harmful? The Impact of Working Earlier in Life on Adult Earnings

Emerson, Patrick M.; Souza, André Portela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

instrumental variables earnings model on data from Brazil show that child labor has a large negative impact on adult earnings for …

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The Use of Flexible Measures to Cope with Economic Crises in Germany and Brazil

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Pastore, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil … during the 2008-09 crisis in the German manufacturing sector, in Brazil such plant-level flexibility to avoid dismissals was …

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