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Economic Growth and Equality of Opportunity
Peragine, Vito - 2017
the other for Brazil. These analyses show the distributional impact of the recent growth experienced by Brazil and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974008
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Market Structure and Market Access
Francois, Joseph F. - 2016
We examine the interaction between goods trade and market power in domestic trade and distribution sectors. Theory suggests a set of linkages between service-sector competition and goods trade supported by econometrics involving imports of 22 OECD countries vis-agrave;-vis 69 exporters....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747826
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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth : A Cross-Country Analysis
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017
Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be associated with faster economic growth, other kinds, arising from unequal opportunities for investment, might be detrimental to economic progress. This study uses two new metadata...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966024
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Trade Liberalization and Integration of Domestic Output Markets in Brazil
Reis, Jose Guilherme - 2018
This paper describes how different policy distortions have been impeding better integration of Brazil's external and … promote better allocation of resources across the economy. The main conclusion of the paper is that Brazil could gain … significantly from opening to foreign trade. Yet, for Brazil to take full advantage of the opportunities that external integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910109
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Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics : Evidence from 25 Years of Brazilian Matched Employer-Employee Data
Dix-Carneiro, Rafael - 2017
This paper empirically studies the dynamics of labor market adjustment following the Brazilian trade reform of the 1990s. The paper uses variation in industry-speci?c tari? cuts interacted with initial regional industry mix to measure trade-induced local labor demand shocks and examines regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972074
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The Gendered Labor Market Impacts of Trade Liberalization : Evidence from Brazil
Gaddis, Isis - 2017
This paper investigates gender differences in the impact of Brazil's trade liberalization on labor market outcomes. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972506
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Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2016
wage distribution in Brazil during the 1988-95 trade liberalization. Unlike in other Latin American countries, trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747870
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Structural Change and Poverty Reduction in Brazil : The Impact of the Doha Round
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016
connected poverty trends. The main focus of the authors is understanding, for the case of Brazil, how a trade shock interacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748093
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The Economics of Policy Instruments to Stimulate Wind Power in Brazil
Landis, Florian - 2017
equilibrium model, this study analyzes the economy-wide costs of achieving a 10 percent share of wind power in Brazil …?s electricity supply mix by 2030. Brazil is in the midst of an active program of wind capacity expansion. The welfare loss would be … that, in the case of Brazil, production subsidies financed through increased value-added tax would have superior impacts on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971484
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Trade Integration and Growth : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Calderón, César - 2019
This paper examines the growth effects of different dimensions of international trade integration -- notably, volume, diversification, and natural resource dependence -- in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the paper documents the recent trends in these foreign trade dimensions for the region and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869975