We study the relationship between environmental conditions at birth (GDP per capita and infant mortality rate) and adult stature using cohort-state level data in Brazil for the period 1950–1980. We find that GDP per capita, whose annual percentage growth rate was 4.8% during this period, not...

We study the relationship between environmental conditions at birth and adult stature using cohort-state level data in Brazil. We find that GDP per capita in the year of birth, not infant mortality rate, is a robust correlate of population stature in Brazil during the period 1950-1980. Our...

Neste artigo, dadas as enormes dificuldades de se coletar dados que suportem estudos tradicionais econométricos de equações de salários, foi proposta uma metodologia baseada no conceito de “atitudes discriminatórias” para avaliar a discriminação em relação a portadores do vírus...