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Better Schools, Less Child Work. Child Work and Education in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru
Glasinovich, Walter Alarcón; Salazar, María Cristina - 1996
the age of completion of compulsory education. As well as increasing our understanding of the complex relationships … between children, work and education, the original studies also drew up measures and definitions that have subsequently been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981815
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Why Is Poverty So High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap
Gradín, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
explains a large part of the discrepancy in poverty levels, with education and labor variables of household members explaining … access to high-quality education and the persistence of discrimination against colored workers in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703759
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Race and income distribution: Evidence from the US, Brazil and South Africa
Gradín, Carlos - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010
The aim of this paper is to provide some empirical evidence about black-white differentials in the distribution of income and wellbeing in three different countries: Brazil, US and South Africa. In all cases, people of African descent are in a variety of ways socially disadvantaged compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008782824
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Projeções de mão de obra qualificada no Brasil : uma proposta inicial com cenários para a disponibilidade de engenheiros até 2020
Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes; Nascimento, Paulo A. … - 2011
which are easily accessible and can be used to project professionals with different higher education qualifications by sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009298152
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Who Suffers During Recessions in Brazil?
Cravo, Tulio - 2020
different age, education, and ethnic groups by gender using monthly data from Brazil between 2002 and 2016 covering three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832628
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Decomposing Changes in Male Wage Distribution in Brazil
Lustig, Nora - 2017
education expansion on wage distribution. The Oaxaca-Blinder (OB) and Recentered Influence Function (RIF) decomposition results … the 90th percentile and are identified as the primary force reducing wage inequality. Education expansion had an … equalizing impact on wage distribution, primarily through the decline in return to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014121936
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Why is Poverty so High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap
Gradín, Carlos - 2021
explains a large part of the discrepancy in poverty levels, with education and labor variables of household members explaining … access to high-quality education and the persistence of discrimination against colored workers in the labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317016
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Industrialização e duplo deflacionamento: uma reavaliação do crescimento dos anos 70
Bêrni, Duílio de Ávila - In: Nova Economia 9 (1999), pp. 9-28
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Brazilian population and the social security system : reform alternatives
Beltrão, Kaizô Iwakami; Pinheiro, Sonoê Sugahara - 2015
This study analyses the situation of the Brazilian population vis-à-vis the Social Security System (SSS) using data from PNAD. We chose the 1982, 1992 and 2002 PNAD data to give a series of pictures of the Brazilian population at equal intervals but under different legal instances with respect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023819
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Inconsistencies Signals from the Declared Patrimony of Politicians in Brazil : Application of Newcomb-Benford Law
Sallaberry, Jonatas - 2019
Goal: This research aims to seek evidence of inconsistencies or signs of fraud or other financial crimes in the assets declared by candidates for political office by applying the Newcomb-Benford Law (NB).Theoretical foundation: The mainly empirical research is based on the ability of asset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863507