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Decline in wage inequality in Brazil : a survey
Firpo, Sérgio Pinheiro; Portella, Alysson - 2019
In the last decades, Brazil experienced a historical decline in its wage inequality level, particularly in the first … exact role of technological changes. The paper concludes by discussing future trends in wage inequality in Brazil …
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A Reversal in Shared Prosperity in Brazil : Brazil's Poverty and Inequality since the 2014-2016 Domestic Crisis
Ciaschi, Matias - 2020
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic arrived in Brazil while the poorest forty percent of the population was still …, Brazil's 2014-2016 crisis and recovery are a stark departure from the previous decade as Brazil's inclusive growth turned … significantly regressive. As millions of jobs were lost, Brazil's expansive social protection system was unable to effectively serve …
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Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the decline in earnings inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017
The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The …
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Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy : Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil
Almeida, Rita - 2007
, using city level data from Brazil. We find that stricter enforcement (affecting the payment of mandated benefits to formal …
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Innovation patterns and their effects on firm-level productivity in South Asia
Cirera, Xavier; Cusolito, Ana P. - 2019
This paper describes and benchmarks innovation activities for a sample of countries in the South Asia region, as well as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South Asia region can be divided into two groups, in terms of...
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Faraway or Nearby? Domestic and International Spillovers in Patenting and Product Innovation
Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2016
The diffusion of knowledge plays a central role in endogenous growth theories. Simply put, in these models new knowledge can be generated from preexisting knowledge. In other words, existing knowledge is a pure public good, which can benefit any economic agent anywhere. More generally,...
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"Create" or "Buy" : Internal vs. External Sources of Innovation and Firm Productivity
Choi, Jieun - 2017
The role of innovation in improving productivity might vary according to a country's relative position in technology advancement. Frontier countries might benefit more from policies that promote firms' internal innovation (create), while follower countries would gain more from policies favoring...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2020 : Slow Growth, Policy Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Global growth is projected to be slightly faster in 2020 than the post-crisis low registered last year. While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions lead to a sustained reduction in uncertainty, the balance of risks to the outlook is to the downside. Growth in emerging market and...
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Global Economic Prospects, June 2020
World Bank - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented policy support. The global recession would be deeper if countries take longer to bring the...
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Indonesia Economic Quarterly, December 2015 : Reforming Amid Uncertainty
World Bank - 2015
The Indonesia Economic Quarterly (IEQ) has two main aims. First, it reports on the key developments over the past three months in Indonesia's economy, and places these in a longerterm and global context. Based on these developments, and on policy changes over the period, the IEQ regularly...
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