This work studies the wage differentials and determinants of the employees in Brazilian agriculture, in period 1981-2005, on the basis of the information of the National Research for Sample of Domiciles of the IBGE. The methodology of Heckman is used to correct bias of selection, common in wage...

O objetivo do artigo é estudar as flutuações no mercado de trabalho das regiões metropolitanas e não-metropolitanas no Brasil. A hipótese é de que o mercado formal de trabalho vem apresentando comportamento diferenciado entre estas regiões, apresentando-se menos dinâmico nas metrópoles...

This article investigates, by means of the model developed for Young (1990), if the tributes direct, indirect and total in Brazil respect of the equal sacrifice principle. In all the scenes originated in the present analysis, as much the observed indirect tributes how much the total tributes...

The paper shows the difficulties that the increasing international mobility of capitals set to the execution of monetary policy in the development countries. In modern capitalist economies, more than ever, money should be viewed as an institution. Therefore, it is first necessary to understand...

Over the last two decades, almost all countries in the world have experienced a noticeable process of liberalization and deregulation. This process has both motivated and propelled changes in the very competitive dynamics of the banking industry. Therefore, various OECD countries have changed...

This paper deals with the distribution of banking credit and branchs by Brazilian states between 1994 and 2002. Besides the report of the major changes in the National Financial System at that period, it shows also some figures of concentration and dynamics of state-level banking credit and,...