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 …

This article presents the results of an impact assessment of the Employment and Income Generation Program (Proger) - a … loan program to small e medium sized firms conducted by the Brazilian government - on formal employment, payroll and … results show positive and statistically significant impacts on employment, payroll and unjustified dismissals for most …

A subject of great relevance, but little studied in Brazil, concerns the effect of female participation in the labor …

The aim of this study is to investigate three relevant dimensions of Brazilian inequality in the labor market, gender … reduced during the 2020 crisis. On the contrary, there is an increase in the difference of employment to population ratio by …

The objective of this study is to analyze the patterns of Brazilian household consumption based on the gender and race … that in food expenses, black households spend more than white, regardless of the gender of the household head. In health …