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central importance to the Brazilian government: inflation and social inclusion. We describe how political institutions in … Brazil in the past 25 years have given rise to a policy-making process where fiscal stability and social inclusion are the … benefits from agricultural production, given that Brazil is a major exporter of commodities. Also, before the crisis the …
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earnings inequality in Brazil and South Africa. While both countries have had declines in schooling inequality, only Brazil has …
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intensity of routine tasks embodied in them in explaining changes in employment and earnings in Brazil, in particular their …
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The purpose of this article is to provide new evidence about the sources of regional income inequalities in Brazil …
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Policy frames in Brazil have long run up against conflicting visions and understandings about the causes and … poverty and wellbeing. This framing is reflective of Brazil's national narrative on race relations and the idea that class and … employment status have been the most salient barriers to social welfare protections. Brazil's widely well-regarded anti …
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by the trade liberalization process implemented in Brazil between 1990 and 1995. This high impact and low duration event … and 2018 presidential elections in Brazil, which resulted in the election of a left-wing and a rightwing populist … president, respectively. The results show that trade reforms explain the rise of populism in Brazil during the last two decades …
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In this paper, we analyse the patterns and trends of group-based inequalities in Brazil in the past 30 years. Using … inequalities between different 'ethnic' groups. Our results show that the trend toward greater equality in Brazil shown in other …
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After three decades of persistently high income inequality, from 2001 Brazil experienced a downward inequality trend …
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from the formal labour market in Brazil. We document the evolution of participation and earnings for both males and females …
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This paper documents the evolution and the determinants of earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector from 1994 to 2015, using establishment level data. In 2015, schooling explained 33 per cent of overall inequality. Firm-specific effects explain 65 per cent of total inequality level and...
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