Portuguese Abstract: O capital humano é reconhecidamente o fator mais importante no crescimento econômico nos tempos modernos. Isto deveria ser prioridade em nossa política sócio econômica. No entanto, simples reconhecimento desse fato não é suficiente para um salto qualitativo no...

Using data for the 27 Brazilian states during the period 1980-2009, we found that the media index in an important determinant of the suicide rates. The econometric results suggest that an increase of 1% in the media index increases the suicide rate for young males (age between 15 and 29 years...

Precision medicine or personalized medicine refers to the customization of medical treatment based on the ability to classify individuals into subpopulations that differ in susceptibility to a particular disease or in response to a specific treatment. This new perception about diagnosis and...

Health is an important area of activity of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea), whose purpose is to promote and carry out research and social and economic studies, as well as disseminate the resulting knowledge, offering society solutions to the challenges of economic and social...

Using data for the 27 Brazilian states during the period 1980-2009, we found that the media index in an important determinant of the suicide rates. The econometric results suggest that an increase of 1% in the media index increases the suicide rate for young males (age between 15 and 29 years...

Health is an important area of activity of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea), whose purpose is to promote and carry out research and social and economic studies, as well as disseminate the resulting knowledge, offering society solutions to the challenges of economic and social...

Precision medicine or personalized medicine refers to the customization of medical treatment based on the ability to classify individuals into subpopulations that differ in susceptibility to a particular disease or in response to a specific treatment. This new perception about diagnosis and...

Life conditions for teachers working in basic education are better than those of the average Brazilian working population. However, the high number of teachers living in households with per capita income below 0.5 of the minimum wage requires attention. Teachers in public schools have better...

This study seeks to quantify the stock of human capital in the Brazilian economy from 1970 to 2010. We chose to use the IBGE Demographic Census microdata, because, contrary to what is done in other studies - which use fi xed rates of return for all periods and/or regions of the country - this...

The country's higher education system assumed a new geographical configuration in the twenty-first century, under the impulse of two simultaneous processes of growth and reagglomeration, both characterized by a spatially less concentrated pattern. Thus, in addition to an evolution that has...