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Has the minimum wage policy been important for reducing poverty in Brazil? : a decomposition analysis for the period from 2002 to 2013
Brito, Alessandra Scalioni; Kerstenetzky, Celia Lessa - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 1, pp. 27-43
occurred in the first decade of the 21st century in Brazil, considering not only the incidence of poverty but also its …
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Peer effects and educational achievement: evidence of causal effectsusing age at school entry as exogenous variation for Peer quality
Raposo, Isabel Pessoa de Arruda; Gonçalves, Michela … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 21 (2020) 1, pp. 18-37
This paper evaluates the diffusion of peer effects on academic achievement of 4th grade students in the Brazilian public school system. Using data from Prova Brasil 2013, the identification strategy builds on the use of an IV approach, in which the instruments for peers' performance are the...
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How do Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions affect crime? : evidence from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bullock, Jessie; Pellegrino, Ana Paula - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 147-163
state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we estimate that extortion, theft, and robberies decrease by at least 41.6% following COVID …
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Social protection and COVID-19 : evaluation of regional impacts of the emergency aid policy in Brazil
Rosa, Prisciane Raupp da; Fochezatto, Adelar; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 239-250
The new Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), which began in late 2019 in China, lead to a health and economic crisis of significant proportions. The decrease in economic activity in order to prevent further spread of the disease affected all economic sectors, resulting in the unprecedented loss of...
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A decomposition analysis for socioeconomic inequalities in health status associated with the COVID-19 diagnosis and related symptoms during Brazil's first wave of infections
França, Natália Cecília de; Lima Campêlo, Guaracyane; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 251-264
wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil. We use the concentration curve, the concentration index, and a decomposition …
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Potential and effective remote work in Brazil : looking into the gap between metrics
Martins, Felipe dos Santos; Góes, Geraldo Sandoval; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 265-277
Brazil and the remote work observed in the country. For this, at first, the teleworking potential is estimated based on the …
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The gender gap and the COVID-19 pandemic : an analysis of net Brazilian formal job destruction
Silva, Maria Micheliana da Costa; Shinkoda, Marcelo Henrique - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 225-238
This paper sets out to analyze gender behavior in the Brazilian labor market as a result of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on job destruction and creation during the lockdown and implementation of social distancing throughout 2020. To do so, it uses the New General...
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The macroeconomics of epidemics : interstate heterogeneity in Brazil
Borelli, Luan; Góes, Geraldo Sandoval - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 164-197
showed to be qualitatively sufficient to anticipate the size of the pandemic risk that later materialized in Brazil. …
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Intergenerational mobility in education and occupation and the effect of schooling on youth's earnings in Brazil
Garcias, Marcos de Oliveira; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 2, pp. 100-113
measure intergenerational educational and occupational mobility in Brazil. The SWTS database contains information on youths …
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Gender wage discrimination in Brazil from 1996 to 2015 : a matching analysis
Morello, Thiago Fonseca; Anjolim, Jacqueline - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 2, pp. 114-128
to fill this gap for the case of Brazil, the paper revisits household survey data from 1996 to 2015 with propensity score … progress towards gender wage equality in Brazil will emerge spontaneously from the private sector or whether specific policy is …
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