The main goal of this paper is to analyze the increase of Brazilian formal employment growth rate in the last decade. The evidence suggests that this acceleration is due to a reversal in the trend of the average number of employees per establishment. More detailed investigations show evidence...

This study explores three issues related to the job market in the Brazilian information and communication technologies (ICT) industry, considering both industrial and service segments. First of all, evolution of job structure in the sector is evaluated since 1998. Second, the intensity of...

This paper presents a summary and a brief appraisal of innovation policies in Brazil and China, following the changes in the legal system, in governmental programs and also in the institutional environment of innovation policies in both countries, mainly during the last decade. Both countries...

O desenvolvimento do complexo agroindustrial da soja no Brasil deu-se, em parte, comodecorrência do surgimento de formas alternativas de crédito, tal como a venda antecipada desoja por meio de contratos. O problema que motivou este estudo foi decorrente das quebrascontratuais por parte dos...