simplification program in Brazil called SIMPLES on firms' formalization rates and performance indicators. Using the same data set but …

been done. This paper estimates the effects of women?s police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the …

This paper investigates the causal impact of the change in Brazil?s child labor law of December 1998. The change …

-employed female workers in urban areas in three Latin American countries-Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica-after structural reforms … were introduced. The analysis covers pre- and post-reform years: in Argentina, 1988 and 1997, and in Brazil and Costa Rica … in Argentina and Brazil-that is, the adjusted wage differential between more educated and less educated women decreased …

spending for certain services. Second, after decentralization, the local or state government faces popular pressure to spend … investigate how, and how successfully, Argentina and Brazil dealt with these problems in the 1990s. In both countries, sub … growth. Occasional stabilization plans failed within a few years. Then Argentina (in 1991) and Brazil (in 1994) introduced …

A growing number of states and municipalities in Brazil rely on results-based management, and many other local and … state governments are considering adopting the practice. This paper examines the experiences of the Brazilian states that …

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 …

This paper investigates how internal migration is affected by Brazil?s increased integration into the world economy. It … reaction of low-educated workers to changes in market access. This finding is consistent with the fact that Brazil is exporting …