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...

The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...

Violence against women occurs predominantly in the family and domestic context. The Covid-19 (Sars-COV-2) pandemic led Brazil to recommend and, at times, impose social distance, with a partial closure of economic activities, schools, and restrictions on events and public services. As a result,...

The discussion around the possible impacts of the recently proposed pension reform (Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 287/2016) on poverty and inequality has been largely impressionistic to date. The present study tries to bridge this gap by using counterfactual microsimulations based on the...

The discussion around the possible impacts of the recently proposed pension reform (Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 287/2016) on poverty and inequality has been largely impressionistic to date. The present study tries to bridge this gap by using counterfactual microsimulations based on the...

The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...

Violence against women occurs predominantly in the family and domestic context. The Covid-19 (Sars-COV-2) pandemic led Brazil to recommend and, at times, impose social distance, with a partial closure of economic activities, schools, and restrictions on events and public services. As a result,...

In this study we analyze some methods that can be used to perform grouping of unit that make up a public service delivery system (e.g., schools, health centers and police stations). The methods discussed here are: i) one based on some spatial partition of the units (for example, grouping by...