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O progresso ocorrido ao longo da última década é indiscutível, combinando menos pobreza com maior oferta e acesso a serviços de melhor qualidade, além de propiciar melhor utilização destes serviços por parte das famílias com crianças. No entanto, mais importante do que a velocidade de...
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O grau de pobreza entre os capixabas adultos desempregados de baixa escolaridade é três vezes a média do conjunto da população. Além disso, dada a natureza mais volátil da pobreza deste grupo, seu acesso a redes de proteção mais tradicionais, como o Bolsa Família, deve ser bem mais...
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Ao longo das duas décadas compreendidas entre 1988 e 2008, a pobreza e a desigualdade de renda declinaram de forma acentuada no Espírito Santo. Cerca da metade da redução observada na pobreza deveu-se à concomitante e também acentuada queda na desigualdade que marcou o período em...
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Neste trabalho, relatam-se o progresso ocorrido no país na redução do trabalho infantil entre 1992 e 2008 e os desafios que ainda precisam ser enfrentados para a sua erradicação. O Brasil tem sido bem-sucedido nas políticas adotadas para a eliminação do trabalho infantil, o qual tem...
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Over the past seventeen years the Brazilian macroeconomic performance has been considerably weaker than in previous decades. Inflation reached unprecedented levels and economic growth declined considerably. Despite the overall perception that macroeconomic performance is closely related to...
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The objective of the paper is to estimate the impact of an increase of dismissal penalties, implemented by the 1988 Brazilian constitution, on the duration of employment spells. After a simple comparison of estimates of this variable in periods pre and post 1988 we made use of two alternative...
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This paper investigates if the responsibility of the poverty level registered in Brazil is the poor operation of the labor market, in terms of underremuneration and underutilization of the labor factor. By means of a microsimulation based decomposition of distributional changes we assess the...
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The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the 1988 changes in labor market regulations on the level of employment and on the time required by firms to adjust their employment level to economic fluctuations. From the many aspects of labor market regulations, this study will...
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Recent changes in public employment in Brazil generate costs to workers that leave this sector. In this study we investigate the wage loss that leaving public employees may experience if they were absorbed by the private sector. Using microdata from the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de...
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In this study we present evidence of the impact of demographic factors on the level of poverty based on the Brazilian experience. Two demographic factors were investigated: a) the size and b) the age composition of the population. The goal was to estimate through the micro-simulation approach...
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