What was the impact of Brazil's 1998-99 currency crisis - which resulted in a change of exchange rate regime and a large real devaluation - on the occupational structure of the labor force and the distribution of incomes? Would it have been possible to predict such effects ahead of the crisis?...

What was the impact of Brazil's 1998-99 currency crisis-which resulted in a change of exchange rate regime and a large real devaluation-on the occupational structure of the labor force and the distribution of incomes? Would it have been possible to predict such effects ahead of the crisis? The...

This volume focuses on the analysis and measurement of business cycles in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). Divided into five parts, it begins with an overview of the main concepts and problems involved in monitoring and forecasting business cycles. Then it highlights the...