The first decade of the new millennium, especially the period 2003-2013, fulfilled - among others - didactic function in the Brazilian academic and politic debate. After almost 25 years of liberal ideological dominance and attempts to implement policies and deregulation, privatizing and...

This study aimed to analyze the budget trajectory of the Workers' Support Fund (FAT), contrasting accounting indicators with political and economic factors that may have conditioned its operational planning. The data analysis allowed us to corroborate the hypothesis that the evolution of both...

The global economy is undergoing profound transformations, commonly referred to in the literature as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Among the ramifications of these shifts, a notable aspect is the impact on labor relations. Specifically, there is a notable uptick in the number of individuals...

Avaliamos os programas de transferência de renda não contributivas em 17 países da América Latina e do Caribe para identificar os fatores que os impedem de reduzir a pobreza e a desigualdade. Para realizar essa avaliação, analisamos três dimensões relacionadas a tamanho (número de...

This paper aims to carry out an exercise to measure the benefits of the social assistance policy, having as reference the conceptual framework of Ipea's Social Security Beneficiometer project (projeto Beneficiômetro da Seguridade Social do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - Ipea). In...

The purpose of this work is to provide an overview of social security, which, along with public health and social assistance, constitutes social security in Brazil. This text represents only a part of a trilogy of Discussion Papers structured to highlight the relevance of social security,...