The empirical evidence related to the public-private wage gap in Brazil indicates that workers from the Brazilian public sector earn, on average, higher wages than the private sector ones. This paper surveys three literatures related to this topic. First, it surveys the main studies related to...

We estimate the returns to education for women and the racial wage differential among women over the wage distribution in Brazil by using quantile regression with semiparametric correction for sample selection. Our estimates show that the returns to education are high and that they are not...

This study investigates the wage gap between the public and private sectors in Brazil. The analysis is carried out with 2009 microdata from the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) and it takes account its complex sample design. The main contribution of this study is the...

This article evaluated the recent changes in the profile and determinants of Brazilian firm's internationalization process. In the '90s, it was not intense, but highly concentrated on a few large domestic companies, and resulted from both strategies: to compensate the low dynamism of the...

The paper discusses the use of indicators, constructed with data from North American industrial sectors, and their application in the discussion of public policies, especially in competition policy, and to a lesser extent, in foreign trade policy. The premise is that the structure of domestic...

This article evaluated the recent changes in the profile and determinants of Brazilian firm's internationalization process. In the '90s, it was not intense, but highly concentrated on a few large domestic companies, and resulted from both strategies: to compensate the low dynamism of the...

The paper discusses the use of indicators, constructed with data from North American industrial sectors, and their application in the discussion of public policies, especially in competition policy, and to a lesser extent, in foreign trade policy. The premise is that the structure of domestic...

Esse trabalho procura realizar uma análise integrada das hipóteses de auto-seleção e aprendizado para as exportações, oferecendo elementos para a discussão sobre a formulação recente da política de promoção de exportações. São utilizadas informações de firmas industriais...