The study analyses the convergence or not of the counties of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to a same level of income per capita. It also examines variables associated with the economic growth of the counties, such as the regional location, the participation of the economic sectors and the...

Initially, using a Markov transition matrix, the study analyses the regional convergence of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to a similar level of rural labor occupied per hectare. The results indicate that there would occur a small increase in the percentage of regions in the class situated above...

O presente estudo objetiva definir e analisar a cadeia produtiva da carne suína no estado do Rio Grande do Sul e na serra gaúcha, sob a ótica da teoria dos custos de transação, além ter como referência a suinocultura mundial e nacional. Emprega-se ainda o modelo estrutural de série de...

O estudo analisa como o nível de escolaridade do trabalhador agrícola influencia a sua probabilidade de obter maiores salários dentro do setor agropecuário do Rio Grande do Sul e se houve mudanças nesta probabilidade no período de 1996 a 2002. Para esta análise são utilizados os dados da...

Purpose: This article aims to measure inequality of income and opportunities at the national and state levels in Brazil, highlighting their acceptable and unacceptable components. Design/methodology/approach: To this end, a lower-bound estimate of income inequality (MLD) and inequality of...

The article aims to analyze the effects of the Brazilian Simplified Tax Regime (Simples Nacional) on the longevity of manufacturing microenterprises, contributing to the current debate on the expansion of the program. Based on the RAIS (Relação Anual de Informações Sociais) microdata...

The new Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), which began in late 2019 in China, lead to a health and economic crisis of significant proportions. The decrease in economic activity in order to prevent further spread of the disease affected all economic sectors, resulting in the unprecedented loss of...