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Rent seeking and the unveiling of "de facto" institutions : development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003580695
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Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269117
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Evaluating the impact of community-based health interventions: evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2009
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276694
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Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2012
concentrate on the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil to highlight the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287719
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Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2009
public goods and lower income per capita. -- Institutions ; colonial heritage ; rent-seeking ; geography ; Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872707
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Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities
Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2007
expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent past. But reductions in mortality within Brazil have been more homogeneously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003464288
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Organization and information in the fight against crime : an evaluation of the integration of police forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Viveiros, Igor - 2010
Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the … ; Brazil ; COMPSTAT ; impact evaluation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697388
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Evaluating the impact of community-based health interventions : evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - In: Health economics 19 (2010), pp. 126-158
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736826
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Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities
Soares, Rodrigo Reis (contributor) - 2007
expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent past. But reductions in mortality within Brazil have been more homogeneously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591807
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Household choices of child labor and schooling : a simple model with application to Brazil
Kruger, Diana (contributor);  … - 2007
identified. We apply our model to Brazil and use agricultural shocks to local economic activity (coffee and overall agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591980