This paper estimates the effect of non-Iberian immigration to Brazil based on historical and contemporary microdata. The historical base encompasses over 1.7 million immigrant records; the contemporary has more than 165 million records. The estimation of immigrant numeracy suggest that Stolz,...

This study estimates the human capital stock for Brazil, from 1981 to 1999. For this purpose, future labor incomes are discounted so that we get their present value. We assume that these incomes are a result of years of schooling and work experience. Mincerian coefficients are used as proxies...