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Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic … causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on … the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil. We estimate structural parameters to the Brazilian economy, among …
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Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic … causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on … the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil. We estimate structural parameters to the Brazilian economy, among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403343
The objective of this paper is to combine three topics - international migration, poverty, and pandemics - in the …. First of all, I discuss international migration; second, I emphasize the role of geography, development, and poverty; and … migration, I point to the importance of internal regulation of the Brazilian emigration process and bilateral agreements. In the …
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This paper estimates the local employment multiplier for Brazil (2000-2010). The methodology is based on Moretti (2010) and Moretti and Thulin (2012) who estimated these multipliers for the U.S. and Sweden. We have estimated the impacts of changes in employment in the tradables sectors on the...
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This article describes the distribution of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Brazil according to meso-regions of the 2000 and 2010 population censuses. Changes in the geographic distribution of these professionals over this period are presented, as well as the...
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The Complexo do Alemão, as a place in Rio de Janeiro city, only acquired nominal, administrative and symbolic existence, from 1993, when it was recognized as a neighborhood. However, for its inhabitants, the particularities of the places that compound that administrative place, remain routed on...
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The objective of this paper is to estimate the length of poverty spells and its determinants. We analyze if short-term changes in the labor market affect the probability of staying in poverty. On the assumption that poverty transitions occur more frequently when we use a monthly data rather than...
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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...
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In this paper, we use data from the National Household Survey (PNAD) for Brazil to investigate the dynamics of the urban wage premium and the relationship between the urban wage premium and inequality trends, and we find two main results. First, we find a decreasing urban wage premium over the...
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