The objective of the text is to analyse whether access to rights guaranteed by the Bill of Elderly occurs differently between the black and non-black population and between men and women. The first right established is the right to life which is violated by various causes, some is possible to be...

This analysis is the second one of four descriptive studies that discussed the migratory process in Brazil. The main objective of this series is to give data support for other complementary and analytically more sophisticated studies. The main objective of this specific discussion is to present...

This article analyzes the evolution of working hours in Brazil from 1981 to 1999. The data are based on the PNAD (Household National Survey). The econometric model used has its grounds on the methodology age-period-cohort, which allows us not only to analyze the effects related to individual and...

The goal of this article is to analyze the international context in which the demographic transition in Brazil is inserted: the context in which the world population moves towards zero growth, still in this century, in 2075, approximately, when it will have its maximum size, around 9,2 billion...

A população brasileira tem sofrido profundas transformações nas últimas três décadas, que terão enormes repercussões em termos sociais e econômicos. Há uma certa dificuldade, por parte da sociedade brasileira, até aquela com nível educacional mais elevado, em apreender estas...

We examine how Social Security affects the distribution of resources between racial groups in Brazil. To do this, we apply two methodological perspectives. Using a life-cycle perspective, we compare contributions and benefits accrued over the life cycle of representative individuals of each...

This paper aims to estimate the distributional effects of Social Security, among Brazilian regions, addressing two aspects: transfers between individuals of the same cohort but of different regions, i.e., cross-subsidies to consider the benefits and contributions made over life cycle, and...

Este artigo apresenta e analisa o processo de interiorização e criação de novas centralidades urbanas. Baseado nas Regiões de Influência das Cidades definidas pelo IBGE em 1993 e 2007, de projeções populacionais e de impactos regionais dos investimentos do Programa de Aceleração do...

This paper aims to provide insights for the development of a study based on utilization rates on health services. The following topics are addressed: (1) the motivation for the study of health services utilization rates ; (2) utilization rates of public health services in light of demographic...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the acceleration of demographic transition in Brazil between 2000 and 2050. To do so, projections carried out by the Brazilian Bureau of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2004 and 2008 will be compared. In order to show that the country could grow old before...