Rural workers in Brazil can access old-age pensions five years earlier than urban workers. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether unifying the ages of eligibility among these groups (a measure proposed in the last failed pension reform) makes sense from a comparative perspective, and...

Rural workers in Brazil can access old-age pensions five years earlier than urban workers. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether unifying the ages of eligibility among these groups (a measure proposed in the last failed pension reform) makes sense from a comparative perspective, and...

Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary transfers to and from the Brazilian State. Among the transfers from the State are wages of public workers, pensions and social assistance; the transfers to the State are direct taxes....

Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary transfers to and from the Brazilian State. Among the transfers from the State are wages of public workers, pensions and social assistance; the transfers to the State are direct taxes....

The article's purpose is to make a conjuncture analysis in order to understand what is the cultural policy's crisis. To this end, we make considerations about the historical evolution of the culture's institutional structure over decades of development, accumulation and continuity. Cultural...

This Discussion Paper provides empirical evidences of the phenomenon of "platformization" in the audiovisual video market. This is made possible by mapping the companies that control video streaming platforms around the world, using data from Crunchbase. Identifying these companies makes it...

Portuguese Abstract: Este trabalho é uma reflexão sobre a importância, os obstáculos e as possíveis estratégias para propiciar acesso ao conhecimento por meio de bens comuns intelectuais. Apresenta brevemente o conceito de bens comuns intelectuais e afirma a relevância de sua aplicação,...

The article's purpose is to make a conjuncture analysis in order to understand what is the cultural policy's crisis. To this end, we make considerations about the historical evolution of the culture's institutional structure over decades of development, accumulation and continuity. Cultural...

Portuguese Abstract: Adaptado de um trecho de minha tese de doutorado, este artigo discute alguns dos riscos envolvidos na estratégia de financiamento coletivo conhecida como crowdfunding, e defende que, com algumas ressalvas, ela tem ótimo potencial para fomentar a produção de cultura de...