This article investigates the factors associated with income inequalities among a cohort of graduates from Brazilian courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in 2011, over a period of seven years after graduation. It analyses how the social origins of these individuals...

This article investigates the factors associated with income inequalities among a cohort of graduates from Brazilian courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in 2011, over a period of seven years after graduation. It analyses how the social origins of these individuals...

This paper seeks to analyze labor earnings differences between workers with bachelor's degree and those with secondary education taking into account the heterogeneity across fields of study in the former group. Labor earnings differentials are decomposed to quantify the contribution of three...

This paper seeks to analyze labor earnings differences between workers with bachelor's degree and those with secondary education taking into account the heterogeneity across fields of study in the former group. Labor earnings differentials are decomposed to quantify the contribution of three...

This paper aims to estimate the association between, on the one hand, the hourly wages of private sector employees in Brazil, and, on the other, a doctorate degree and overeducation of workers with a Ph.D. The study is based on microdata from the Annual Social Information Report (Rais) for the...

This paper aims to estimate the association between, on the one hand, the hourly wages of private sector employees in Brazil, and, on the other, a doctorate degree and overeducation of workers with a Ph.D. The study is based on microdata from the Annual Social Information Report (Rais) for the...

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 document intends to contribute to the broader debate about the evaluation and quantification of South-South Cooperation, as advanced in numerous international instruments, such as the Buenos Aires Plan of Action Plus 40 (BAPA+40). The analysis revolves around four South-South Cooperation...