This paper presents a new and alternative approach within the empirical literature dealing with inequality. It investigates to what extent are the dynamics of income inequality in economies affected by the changes in the components of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The basic idea is that asset...

In this article, we investigated which of the convergence hypotheses - absolute, conditional or club - best describes the movement of the income per worker for the countries of Latin America and East Asia between 1960 and 2000 using the methodology proposed by Johnson and Takeyama (2003). The...

In this paper, we evaluate the income convergence hypothesis in Latin America and East Asia between 1960 and 2000 through the use of quantile regressions to estimate growth equations. This approach allows us to assess how the effect of policy variables on per worker income growth rate can vary...

Os pesquisadores brasileiros têm realizado esforços para sistematizar e avaliar a produção acadêmica das ciências sociais aplicadas no país. Essas pesquisas expressam uma elevação do nível de reflexividade do próprio pensamento científico em termos metodológicos e de implicação...

This study introduces a new measure of urban centrality. It identifies distinct urban structures from different spatial patterns of jobs and resident population. The proposed urban centrality index constitutes an extension to the spatial separation index (MIDELFART-KNARVIK et al., 2000). It is...

Recent studies point to commuting as a key element to understand regional dynamics and urban integration. This study propose three ideal types (Max Weber) of commuting flows based on its relations with social processes which impact urban structure by affecting residence and job locations in...

The economy of Paraíba has changed is productive and social structure. This paper aims to describe this process highlighting the recent economic changes and its relationship with regional and national economy. The demographic and productive structures demonstrate the possible internal...

To try to minimize the adverse effects of low water availability on the population and on the economy of part of the semiarid region, the Federal Government put into practice, in 2007, the São Francisco Integration Project (PISF). The PISF, known simply as the São Francisco transposition,...

The word Matopiba refers to the region that is formed by municipalities in the frontier of the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia, which in the last two decades has been rapid transformations in its dynamics of land occupation due to expansion of the agricultural activity, a...

Recent studies point to commuting as a key element to understand regional dynamics and urban integration. This study propose three ideal types (Max Weber) of commuting flows based on its relations with social processes which impact urban structure by affecting residence and job locations in...