Portuguese Abstract: As plataformas digitais revolucionaram o nosso cotidiano e, hoje, uma parte relevante da nossa vida é pautada pela interação em plataformas. No entanto, a verdade é que elas já não eram novidade mesmo antes da revolução digital. O mercado de dois lados, ou M2L, é...

Portuguese Abstract: Nos últimos anos, o mundo tem acompanhado a evolução dos pagamentos no mundo digital. De acordo com o Banco Mundial, dois terços dos adultos no mundo vão fazer ou receber pagamentos digitais em 2022, com crescimento mais expressivo em países em desenvolvimento, em que...

This article verifies the effect of economic variables over the suicide rate between Brazilian states in the period 1981-2006. The econometric results points out the importance of economic variables to explain suicide rate: income, age and poverty have negative impact over suicide, while income...

There are several studies showing that household income seems to be an important determinant of children`s health. The objective of this paper is to document the relationship between income and children`s health in Brazil using three data sources and many health indicators. The empirical...

There are several studies showing that household income seems to be an important determinant of children`s health. The objective of this paper is to document the relationship between income and children`s health in Brazil using three data sources and many health indicators. The empirical...

This article verifies the effect of economic variables over the suicide rate between Brazilian states in the period 1981-2006. The econometric results points out the importance of economic variables to explain suicide rate: income, age and poverty have negative impact over suicide, while income...

The present study explores and describes, in detail, an application of the Grade of Membership (GoM) method, widely used in demographic studies. It presents an exercise to data used in a previous study (Assis and coleagues, 2008), which relates to neonatal deaths in a public hospital in Belo...

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...

Brazil experiences a demographic transition characterized by the aging of its population and a proportional increase in the number of the elderly. Therefore, researches that focus on the elderly individual are important. The present qualitative study aims to add to the understanding of this...

The aim of the present study was to examine, in the literature, aspects related to mortality differentials among men and women, focusing on age related differences in the time course (for developing countries). We did find evidence that, over the two last centuries, the sex differences followed...