This communication investigates the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry, looking for … industrial R&D and the relevance of universities for firms. The results confirm the conjecture that as firms engage in R&D they … increase the relevance of universities for their innovative activities. And the continuous engagement in R&D multiplies the …

on the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry. The basic hypothesis states that the … relevance of universities as a source of information to the firms’ innovation activities is greater when firms are engaged in R …

We examine the extent to which education is a main determinant of affluence in Brazil. We focus on workers in the top 1 … main conclusion is that while education may be important to explain total inequality, there is no evidence that mass … education is a major factor explaining the differences between the rich and the rest of the population. Not even elite education …

Life conditions for teachers working in basic education are better than those of the average Brazilian working … throughout the country. When teachers' average salaries equal the average of the population with tertiary education, it would …