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Productivity variation and its intersectoral spillovers : an analysis of Brazilian economy
Gazonato, Mariana Camarin; Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Silva - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 2, pp. 92-108
The main purpose of this article is to analyze the capacity of Brazilian economy sectors to transfer their productivity gains over the productive chain from 2000 to 2009. Therefore, it has been used structural decomposition technique and a methodology that deals with the variation of labor...
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Inequality of educational opportunities : evidence from Brazil
Wink Junior, Marcos Vinício; Paese, Luis Henrique … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 2, pp. 109-120
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171054
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Aggregate shocks and the Brazilian housing market dynamics
Silva, Marcelo Eduardo Alves da; Besarria, Cássio da … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 2, pp. 121-137
) model estimated for Brazil. The empirical results show that the housing market responds positively to aggregate productivity …
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Wage dynamics and inequality in the Brazilian formal labor market
Arabage, Amanda Cappellazzo; Souza, André Portela - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 3, pp. 153-190
important role in explaining the wage inequality level in Brazil, especially considering older cohorts, even though its share in …
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Turnover, learning by doing, and the dynamics of productivity in Brazil
Rocha, Leandro Pereira da; Pero, Valéria; Corseuil, … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 3, pp. 191-210
This article analyses the effect of labor turnover on the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing firms between 1996 and 2013. We based our analysis on a theory of learning by doing, where turnover harms productivity by restricting the efficiency gains achieved by workers when they accumulate...
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Wage structure differential and disability in Brazil : underperformance or discrimination?
Castro, Nicole Rennó; Moreira, Gustavo Carvalho; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 3, pp. 211-228
disabled men? To answer these questions, we used data from a sample of men aged 18-65 working in Brazil's private sector to … policy makers in Brazil when allocating resources to support people with disabilities. …
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Brazil's simplified tax regime and the longevity of Brazilian manufacturing companies : a survival analysis based on RAIS microdata
Conceição, Otavio Canozzi; Saraiva, Maurício Vitorino; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 19 (2018) 2, pp. 164-186
The article aims to analyze the effects of the Brazilian Simplified Tax Regime (Simples Nacional) on the longevity of manufacturing microenterprises, contributing to the current debate on the expansion of the program. Based on the RAIS (Relação Anual de Informações Sociais) microdata...
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The possibility of a water market in Brazil
Petterini, Francis C. - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 19 (2018) 2, pp. 187-200
The paper examines the possibility of a water market in Brazil. The US market, probably the oldest and most well … hand, the Brazil has a precarious infrastructure. To implement a water market, the first step would be to allow the trade …
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Price convergence, reversal speed and purchasing power parity : stylized facts for Brazilian cities
Arruda, Elano Ferreira; Castelar, Ivan; Guimarães, … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 19 (2018) 2, pp. 219-235
This paper analyzes the price dynamics of Brazilian cities between 1995 and 2012 to identify stylized facts about price convergence, the reversal speed of deviations between relative prices and purchasing power parity (PPP). There is evidence of a strong reduction in the absolute dispersion of...
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Labor pooling as an agglomeration factor : evidence from the Brazilian Northeast in the 2002-2014 period
Almeida, Edilberto Tiago de; Rocha, Roberta Moraes - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 19 (2018) 2, pp. 236-250
This is a pioneering study of Brazil of the importance of labor pooling to explain industrial agglomeration in the … Northeast of Brazil, employing firm-level microdata. We applied the theoretical model proposed by Krugman (1991) (labor market …
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