the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …

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

research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …