The high tax wedge on labor income and the cost for the economic sectors, especially industry, is a significant problem in the Brazilian economy. We use a computable general equilibrium model to project the effects of the exemption of the payroll tax on the economy, with different assumptions...

This article analyzes how investments in transportation infrastructure made by the PROACESSO program affected employment and wages of the municipalities of Minas Gerais, using data on employment and earnings from 2000 to 2010. For this, we use a differences-in-differences strategy that explores...