This paper evaluated the role of infrastructure on the productivity of industries in the Brazilian mesoregions. We found that infrastructure positively affects the efficiency of industries, although due to the size of the estimated coefficients, this influence is small. Considering the average...

This paper analyzes regional impacts of different policies choices on the long-run trend, especially in the Northeast. Simulations, in the four different scenarios, ranges from 2015-2030, using the International Futures (IFs) model. This model encompasses a huge number of historical data for 186...

This paper evaluated the role of infrastructure on the productivity of industries in the Brazilian mesoregions. We found that infrastructure positively affects the efficiency of industries, although due to the size of the estimated coefficients, this influence is small. Considering the average...

This paper analyzes regional impacts of different policies choices on the long-run trend, especially in the Northeast. Simulations, in the four different scenarios, ranges from 2015-2030, using the International Futures (IFs) model. This model encompasses a huge number of historical data for 186...

This work analyses the evolution of relative Per Capita Income distribution, Literacy Rates, Years of Study and Longevity of Brazilian municipalities. The estimation of transition matrices, methodology developed in Quah (1993b), modeled the national, regional and intra-regional convergence...

The goal of this paper is to evaluate the results of regional economic growth estimates at multiple spatial scales using spatial panel data models. The spatial scales examined are minimum comparable areas, micro-regions, meso-regions and states over the period between 1970 and 2000. Alternative...

This text aims to analyze the evolution of employment in Brazil, taking as reference the periods 2000-2014 and 2015-2018. It addresses the current situation and the evolution of formal employment in Brazil, through a regional and multiscale analysis, according to the basic principles recommended...