This paper estimates the local employment multiplier for Brazil (2000-2010). The methodology is based on Moretti (2010) and Moretti and Thulin (2012) who estimated these multipliers for the U.S. and Sweden. We have estimated the impacts of changes in employment in the tradables sectors on the...

Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil....

The object of this discussion text typology was developed with the purpose of classifying the Brazilian municipalities according your insertion scale in the process of urbanization. Has focused on changes in the relationships between the different parts of the territory, is under productive...

Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil....

This paper estimates the local employment multiplier for Brazil (2000-2010). The methodology is based on Moretti (2010) and Moretti and Thulin (2012) who estimated these multipliers for the U.S. and Sweden. We have estimated the impacts of changes in employment in the tradables sectors on the...

The object of this discussion text typology was developed with the purpose of classifying the Brazilian municipalities according your insertion scale in the process of urbanization. Has focused on changes in the relationships between the different parts of the territory, is under productive...

The objective of this paper is to estimate the length of poverty spells and its determinants. We analyze if short-term changes in the labor market affect the probability of staying in poverty. On the assumption that poverty transitions occur more frequently when we use a monthly data rather than...

This article verifies the impact of both federal transfers to states and income inequality over imigration. The innovation here is the use of aggregate data to verify the impact of public policy over migration. The econometric results suggest a positive effect of federal transfers to states over...