A subject of great relevance, but little studied in Brazil, concerns the effect of female participation in the labor market (PFMT) on domestic violence. In this article, we try to understand this question from a reflection on two polar literatures based on economic rationality and patriarchal...

É consenso que o problema do crescente déficit previdenciário é um dos entraves ao crescimento sustentado do país. Nesse sentido, modificações em nosso sistema têm sido debatidas e podem ir desde a eliminação da diferença de idade entre homens e mulheres para a concessão do...

The main goal of this paper is to analyze the increase of Brazilian formal employment growth rate in the last decade. The evidence suggests that this acceleration is due to a reversal in the trend of the average number of employees per establishment. More detailed investigations show evidence...

This paper aims to evaluate the impact of a tax incentive program targeted to small business (SIMPLES) on employment growth. The evaluation is conducted for two distinct periods, namely 1997 when the program was first implemented and 1999 when the eligibility rule was modified in order to...

According to official data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Ministry of Health, the number of deaths caused by homicides in the State of Rio de Janeiro has declined between 2006 and 2009, from 7,099 to 5,064, which implies a decrease of 28.7% in the period. However, as we argue...

The prohibition of certain psychoactive drugs and the consequent police repression result in thousands of deaths from violent actions in Brazil each year. In this work, we quantify the magnitude of this problem based on some economic and public health indicators. Taking 2017 as a reference, we...

There is virtually a consensus that the ratio of suicides committed with guns to total suicides is the best way to indirectly measure gun ownership across different locations. However, such a proxy is not accurate for any locality with low population density in view that suicides are rare...

The Law 11.340, known as Maria da Penha Law (MPL), enacted in 2006, represented an important institutional framework in order to overcome domestic violence in Brazil. However, more than eight years after the sanction of MPL, there is a complete gap about empirical studies to evaluate their...