Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary income flows to and from the Brazilian State. The income flows from the State include public servants' earnings, Social Security pensions, unemployment benefits and Social Assistance...

This paper assesses the impact of social factors on the development of allergic diseases in early childhood. Epidemiological research has shown increasing allergy rates with improvements in social economic status (SES). However, we argue that the pattern of social influences on allergies is too...

Capacidad de subsistencia económica de los hogares / Julieta Vera, participación de Agustín Silva -- Hábitat urbano, vivienda digna, acceso a servicios públicos y conidciones amibentales saludables / Juna Ignacio Bonfiglio -- Derechos labores y seguridad social / Eduardo Donza -- Condición...