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Os efeitos das desigualdades regionais sobre a desigualdade interpessoal de renda no Brasil, nos estados unidos e no México
Guimarães Ferreira de Souza, Pedro Herculano - 2013
This paper examines the effects of regional inequalities on the interpersonal distribution of household per capita income in Brazil, the United States and Mexico. Five hypotheses are tested through nested decompositions of the GE(0) inequality index applied to Census microdata for all three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330929
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Os efeitos das desigualdades regionais sobre a desigualdade interpessoal de renda no Brasil, nos Estados Unidos e no México
Souza, Pedro Herculano Guimarães Ferreira de - 2013
This paper examines the effects of regional inequalities on the interpersonal distribution of household per capita income in Brazil, the United States and Mexico. Five hypotheses are tested through nested decompositions of the GE(0) inequality index applied to Census microdata for all three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231102
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Convergência real e infra-estruturas
Pinho, Carlos - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2007
Using panel data, this paper explores the role of infrastructure and human capital in the convergence of income levels … reject the hypothesis of non-convergence in per capita incomes of UE countries, but the results do not support the hypothesis … that the speed of convergence is affected by infrastructures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005021900
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Estimativa de capital humano para a economia brasileira de 1970 a 2010
Souza Júnior, José Ronaldo de Castro; de Carvalho, … - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486060
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Notas sobre informalidade, produtividade do trabalho e grau de utilização e seus impactos sobre o crescimento econômico no Brasil nos anos 2000
Amitrano, Claudio Roberto; Squeff, Gabriel Coelho - 2016
This paper aims at discussing the implications of informality in Brazil by presenting new evidence on value added, occupations, and in labor productivity in the formal and informal sectors, disaggregated by economic activity. Moreover, we developed counterfactual exercises for these variables in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516702
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Notas sobre informalidade, produtividade do trabalho e grau de utilização e seus impactos sobre o crescimento econômico no Brasil nos anos 2000
Amitrano, Claudio Roberto; Squeff, Gabriel Coelho - 2016
This paper aims at discussing the implications of informality in Brazil by presenting new evidence on value added, occupations, and in labor productivity in the formal and informal sectors, disaggregated by economic activity. Moreover, we developed counterfactual exercises for these variables in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483719
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Estimativa de capital humano para a economia brasileira de 1970 a 2010
Souza Júnior, José Ronaldo de Castro; Carvalho, … - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013440453
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Iniqüidade Educacional no Brasil. Uma Avaliação com Dados do PISA 2000
Waltenberg, Fábio D. - In: Economia 6 (2005) 1, pp. 67-118
This paper assesses the extent of educational inequality and inequity in Brazil, using data obtained from the international study PISA 2000 prepared by the OECD. We provide some descriptive indices of inequality, as well as a measure of inequity (understood as inequality of educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001630
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Previdência social e desigualdade regional no Brasil: Uma abordagem multiescalar
Caetano, Marcelo Abi-Ramia; Monasterio, Leonardo Monteiro - 2014
The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of the General Social Security System (RGPS) on regional disparities in Brazil. The study examines the impact of social security on regional income distribution at different scales by means of econometric tests, and conventional measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372151
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Potencial de convergência regional em educação no Brasil
Medeiros, Marcelo; de Oliveira, Luis Felipe Batista - 2013
We analyze the factors determining educational inequalities within and between regions in Brazil. We are interested in how characteristics and the return to these characteristics in each region affect educational outcomes. For this we analyze the population of people aged 14 to 17 years in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330948