This paper tries to test wether an equalized productive sector change of a Brazilian indirect tax (in Portuguese, Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados - IPI or, in English, Manufacturing Goods Tax) impacts the labour productivity of each sector. The conclusion is the following: there is no...

This paper tries to test wether an equalized productive sector change of a Brazilian indirect tax (in Portuguese, Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados - IPI or, in English, Manufacturing Goods Tax) impacts the labour productivity of each sector. The conclusion is the following: there is no...

Although it is a little known fact the Convention no 158 of International Labor Organization (ILO) which prohibits the dismissal of an employee without cause ruled in Brazil from 10 April to 20 November 1996 and thereby providing an excellent opportunity to evaluate the effect of regulation on...