This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and poverty using detailed micro-data across Brazilian states, from 1987 to 2005. Results suggest that Brazilian states that were more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller...

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and poverty using detailed micro-data across Brazilian states, from 1987 to 2005. Results suggest that Brazilian states that were more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller...

Ce document de travail propose une analyse quantitative détaillée sur longue période du fonctionnement du marche du travail britannique, avec la France pour point de comparaison. Au-delà des problèmes de mesure du taux de chômage, l’étude des créations nettes d'emplois montre que la...

This paper studies the reasons behind the export performance of different Mexican states from 1994 to 2002. Mexican exports are divided into two components: (1) foreign market potential; and (2) supply capacity. Results suggest that states that experience an increase in supply capacity are, in...

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the education system in Peru has known a considerable development. This suggests that in all probabilities opportunities for study should be on a more equal basis. In the present article, I set out to discover whether all social groups have really...

Public statistics face quite a challenge when it comes to measuring new dimensions of development (institutions, governance, and social and political participation). To take up this challenge, modules on Governance, Democracy and Multiple Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household...

Cet ouvrage reprend une sélection de communications présentées lors d'une conférence internationale organisée en mai 2010 à Hanoï par l'académie des sciences sociales du Vietnam et l'institut de recherche pour le développement.

Au Brésil, l'étude sur le processus du changement stratégique organisationnel, en général, ne considère pas les implications du changement dans la performance organisationnel. À son tour, les études qui ont comme objectif expliquer les variations de performance ne considèrent pas le...