This paper makes use of the first principles of an insurance relationship in order to analyze questions related to a social security plan design. It aims at defining social security risk, presenting its risk sharing and ways of financing as pointing to the determinants of social security costs...

Este trabalho apresenta três objetivos principais: 1o) determinar o potencial de cargasque atualmente são transportadas por todos os modais que pode dispor dos serviçosde cabotagem, utilizando-se da estimativa do fluxo financeiro interestadual de mercadorias;2o) identificar, por produto, o...

In this paper recent evolution of modernization in Brazilian agriculture in the onsetof years 2000, is studied, considering several modernization indicators that expressproductivity, technical progress and capital intensity. Data are based on official sources asIBGE ? Brazilian Institute of...

The main goal of this paper is to determine which variables have a robust correlationwith the growth rate of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazilianstates between 1960 and 2000. We have run two tests of robustness suggested bythe literature. The first approach is the Extreme Bounds...

The potential output is an unobservable variable and therefore it is hard to measure.The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion of the potential outputestimation by making a theoretical and methodological survey and estimating thevariable for the Brazilian economy. After a quick...

The subnational debt in Brazil was marked by successive bailouts by the federalgovernment. The path of subnational debt induced some locals and state authoritiesto claim for further renegotiations. More specifically, some governors and mayorsdemanded a revision of the refinancing contracts.This...

Between 2001 e 2005, the degree of income inequality in Brazil declined sharply and continuously, reaching in 2005 the lowest level in the last 30 years. The Gini coefficient declined by almost 5%, and the ratio between the richest 20% and the poorest 20% declined more than 20%. This reduction...

The purpose of this study is to discuss the relations between higher education and development in the context of the Brazilian society. Thus, it begins with the analysis of scientific and technological production in Brazil as well as the preparation of professionals required by the public and...

O trabalho estabelece várias comparações entre o sistema previdenciário brasileiro e os de outros países, tendo por base informações detalhadas sobre despesas previdenciárias e outros indicadores de desempenho, bem como sobre seus determinantes. Este exercício permite uma avaliação...

This article investigates the stochastic and dynamic relationship of a group ofBrazilian macroeconomic variables (price and industrial production indexes, nominalexchange rate, short and medium-run nominal interest rates) for the period after theReal Plan (1996-2004). We adopt, as has become...