The reduction of the use of biofuels is one of the main world-wide concerns, mainly had to the global heating. In this scene, Brazil is one of the main combustible alcohol producers in the world, withholds the production technology commercialization and uses the alcohol on a large scale has more...

O objetivo deste artigo é dimensionar o turismo no Brasil, e examinar, em particular, o potencial gerador de emprego e renda que ele tem, a partir da estimação da matriz de insumo produto do turismo no Brasil, para o ano de 2006. Essa matriz permitiu analisar as articulações entre o turismo...

Producers and households in developing countries are affected by the prices of products involved in international transactions. The impacts of agricultural policy and structural reforms leading to changes in international prices of goods and services are expected to be differentiated across...

A Leontief-Miyazawa model was estimated to measure the income distribution effects of changes in the modal composition of cargo transportation in Brazil. It was calibrated for year of 2004, and considers 31 sectors (4 of which are related to cargo transportation: road, rail, water, and air), and...

Despite the advances in recent years in areas as education and combat to the poverty, Brazil continues to have one of the worst income distributions in the world. Nowadays, in a list with 126 countries and territories, Brazil has the 10th worse income distribution. As much as income...

Portuguese Abstract: Neste artigo é feita uma análise das estruturas de produção, consumo e distribuição de renda no Brasil em 1975 e 1980, através das matrizes ajustadas de insumo-produto para estes anos. Os resultados indicam que: a) o polo dinâmico da economia se encontra nos...

The objective of the paper is to provide an estimative of the impacts that changes in international prices of agricultural commodities will have on income distribution and poverty in Brazil. To do so, a Social Accounting Matrix is constructed and applied, using a Leontief-Miyazawa type model...

Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo deste texto é investigar a contribuição dos diferentes setores da economia brasileira para o crescimento econômico e seus impactos sobre a distribuição de renda. Choques sobre a demanda exógena de cada um dos setores foram simulados para determinar quais...

This study deals with the impacts of structural changes on income distribution in Brazil in the period 1992-2002. A Pure Leontief Model and a Leontief-Miazawa Model were utilized to portray the structure of the economy in both years, and to perform counterfactual simulations on some important...