This paper aims to identify the major drop-out and push-out factors that lead to school abandonment in an urban surrounding-the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. The authors use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the population in these neighborhoods, which cover both...

This paper aims to identify the major factors that lead to school abandonment in an urban surrounding, namely, the shantytowns of Fortaleza, northeast Brazil. We use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the population in these neighborhoods, which covered both in-school and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on compensation policies within firms while using evidence from linked employer‐employee data. Design/methodology/approach – The paper looks at the use of linked employer‐employee data over time and how this has...