This paper analyses the situation of the Brazilian population disaggregated by urban/rural condition with respect to Social Insurance and Social Assistance with emphasis on recent changes. It starts with a historical overview of the system, but concentrates on new provisions mandated by the 1988...

This paper analyses the situation of the Brazilian population disaggregated by urban/rural condition with respect to Social Insurance and Social Assistance with emphasis on recent changes. It starts with a historical overview of the system, but concentrates on new provisions mandated by the 1988...

This study analyses the situation of the Brazilian population vis-à-vis the Social Security System (SSS) using data from PNAD. We chose the 1982, 1992 and 2002 PNAD data to give a series of pictures of the Brazilian population at equal intervals but under different legal instances with respect...

This paper analyses the situation with respect to Social Insurance and Social Assistance of the Brazilian population disaggregated by urban/rural condition, during the nineties. We compare, by sex and individual age, activity rates and probability of receiving benefits in the period. For the...

The origin of modern life tables lies in studies conducted by John Graunt and described in his book (1662), although there are some evidences that in ancient Rome there were similar studies. The publication of life tables developed by Edmond Halley (1693) can be considered as the landmark of...