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In this article, we analyze the role of work and study activities in the daily lives of young people aged 18 to 24, who live in low-income families in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. The dream of continuing to study or resuming the trajectory of studies is present as a central element in the...
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In this article, we analyze the role of work and study activities in the daily lives of young people aged 18 to 24, who live in low-income families in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. The dream of continuing to study or resuming the trajectory of studies is present as a central element in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613250
This paper analyses two tax reform bills that are being discussed at the Brazilian National Congress, by comparing them and pointing their advantages and drawbacks. Moreover, the paper provides four empirical contributions to the debate: i) neutral rate estimates for the new Goods and Services...
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from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …
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This paper analyses two tax reform bills that are being discussed at the Brazilian National Congress, by comparing them and pointing their advantages and drawbacks. Moreover, the paper provides four empirical contributions to the debate: i) neutral rate estimates for the new Goods and Services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156457
from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156486
Earnings equations for occupied persons in the state of Minas Gerais are estimated using data from the 2000 Demographic Census of Brazil. Such equations allow us to evaluate the effect of age, gender, schooling, color (race), position in the occupation, weekly working time and other factors on...
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inequality and income poverty in Brazil. We use data from three censuses and 35 national household surveys (PNAD). The … reduce inequality and poverty and only a significant scale-up of university education would lead to much lower levels of … inequality and poverty. The growth required to have made that possible would have been impressive. Such a reduction could also …
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