The objective of this paper is to analyze the spatial mobility of the population in Brazil in the second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of this century, with reference to the units of the federation and the regions. Firstly, we analyze the major trends in trade flows and net...

Expected Years of Schooling (EYS) is a measure of the number of years of schooling a child at the start of his/her education trajectory is expected to receive, if current rates of enrolment are maintained throughout the child?s life (UNESCO, 2009). It is one of the components of the education...

Os Anos Esperados de Escolaridade (EYS, Expected Years of Schooling) são uma medida do número esperado de anos de escolaridade de uma criança desde o início de sua trajetória educacional, se as taxas atuais de matrícula se mantiverem inalteradas durante toda a vida da criança (UNESCO,...

Demographic censuses usually contain information about a graded education system, i.e. age and grade declarations. This information can be used to estimate a series of indicators, useful for diagnostics and prognostics of the educational system. One of the principal goals of this paper is to...

Expected Years of Schooling (EYS), one of the components of the education indicator in the Human Development Index (HDI) (UNDP, 2010), is a measure of the number of years of schooling a child at the start of his or her education is expected to receive, if current rates of enrolment are...

The urbanization process in Brazil is crucial in the structural conformation of modern Brazilian society, especially from the second half of the twentieth century. Not only is the territory that accelerates the process of urbanization, but Brazilian society itself that becomes increasingly...

Intra-metropolitan migrations are part of the urban expansion of Brazilian metropolises. The demographic metropolitan exchanges between core and periphery contributed so importantly to the trajectory of the metropolitan population peripheral. This article aims to analyze the evolution of...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the reaction of developed countries to international migration through restrictive legislation. It is considered that the cause of this reaction is not only cyclical, derived from the contemporary crisis of capitalism, but also that it lies in the structural...