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Measuring the contribution of social policies to regional inequality dynamic in Brazil
Silveira Neto, Raul da Mota; Azzoni, Carlos Roberto - 2011
We decompose the recent changes in regional inequality in Brazil into its components, highlighting the role of … indicate that the largest part of the recent reduction in regional inequality in Brazil is related to the dynamics in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543249
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Territorial economic impacts of climate anomalies in Brazil
Porsse, Alexandre Alves; Haddad, Eduardo Amaral; … - 2013
Climate variability is one of the main environmental causes of losses to the agricultural sector. Most of the methodological tools applied to estimate its economic cost usually account only for the direct impact on agricultural activity. In this paper we use an alternative approach in which a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544578
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Vertical versus horizontal tax incentives policies in Brazil : assessing the impacts using a computable general equilibrium model
Porsse, Alexandre Alves; Madruga, Felipe Gomes - 2015
Brazil, one of the anticyclical tax policy carried out by the federal government was to reduce the value added tax named …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479449
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The impact of change in MSEs' regulation in municipalities in Sao Paulo state, Brazil
Chagas, André Luis Squarize; Almeida, Alexandre Nunes de; … - 2014 - (Draft version)
In 2006 was approved, in Brazil, a new regulatory framework, named General Law of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs …), regulating and expanding special conditions for MSEs - that representing more than 90% of companies in Brazil. The Law introduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011487801
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Impact evaluation of the Brazilian social programs on family welfare
Oliveira, Pedro Rodrigues de; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia - 2014
Impact Evaluation of the Brazilian Social Programs on Family Welfare Key-words: impact evaluation; cash transfer; public policy; labor supply; child labor; school attendance. This study uses an impact evaluation methodology to analyze the non-contributory pension program BPC on family welfare....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504382
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The impact of Brazilian regional development funds on regional economic growth : a spatial panel approach : 54th ERSA Congress, 26-29 August 2014 - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Cravo, Túlio; Resende, Guilherme Mendes; Carvalho, … - 2014
In Brazil, the regional development policy is directed by the regional development funds for the Northeast (FNE), the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504386
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Affirmative action in higher education : impacts of the national exam in Brazil
Pereira, Joaquim Israel Ribas; Bittencourt, Maurício … - 2015
blacks, native Indians and low-income people. We can number two main reasons commonly used in Brazil to justify affirmative … action policy in higher education: a form of historical reparation for blacks, given that Brazil was the largest slave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475903
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The impact of public transport expansions on informality : the case of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region
Moreno, Ana Isabel; Ramos, Frederico Roman - 2015
The São Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR) displays a strong core-periphery divide. Central areas concentrate the bulk of formal jobs while peripheral areas display high incidence of informal employment. This pattern is reinforced by a large deficit in urban transport provision. Against this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476197
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Evaluating micro- and macro-effects of regional development policies : the case of the Northeast Regional Fund (FNE) in Brazil, 2000-2006 : 50th European Congress of the Regional S...
Resende, Guilherme Mendes - 2010
The goal of this paper is to carry out two outcome evaluations of the northeast regional fund (FNE) in Brazil. With … significant effect on GDP per capita growth at the municipal (macro) level and thus reduce the regional inequalities in Brazil. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575516
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Expansion of undergraduate courses positions impacting the migration of students in Brazil : an analysis with the Demographic Census of 2010
Barufi, Ana Maria Bonomi - 2013
This paper advances in the literature on the migration of college students, which is not very large in Brazil … undergraduate courses in Brazil may provide a new instrument of regional development. In this sense, if this process happens in less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515823