targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil, to investigate the role of credit constraints on SMEs performance … distribution, entry and exit, and employment. By exploiting the fact that firms can only use the available credit with suppliers … formal employment between 6.7% and 10.3%. This increase in employment is driven by the increase in the average size of firms …

effects on employment level and composition (formal X informal) were identified for both, time series and longitudinal data …. The results show a significant effect of minimum wage on wage distribution. Regarding employment the aggregate effects … points towards a decrease in employment level and also in the formal share of those employed. However the magnitudes are not …

The availability of innovation surveys as Pintec provides better understanding about the innovation process and shall … contribute to better design of public policies aiming at the boast in the innovation activities. This work exploits the Brazilian … innovation survey, Pintec, departing from the concept of innovation height or novelty, distinguishing between radical and …

Since the enactment of the Brazilian Innovation Law, the country has acquired valuable insights into the intricacies of … the innovation process. This acquired knowledge is manifested in the updated New Law of Bidding and Contracts (NLBC), the … revised Legal Framework for Startups, and the amended text of the original innovation law itself. These pioneering …

This paper aims to evaluate the impact of a tax incentive program targeted to small business (SIMPLES) on employment … account two distinct channels through which the effects may operate. The first is the employment variation in firms that … dimension. Our results points to positive effects on employment growth only for the red tape simplification dimension in the …