O objetivo do artigo é estimar a probabilidade de famílias saírem da pobreza, assim como os seus determinantes, considerando o tempo de permanência nesta situação. Interesse particular reside em avaliar se mudanças de curto prazo no mercado de trabalho afetam a probabilidade de famílias...

This paper aims to develop a model capable of reconciling some of the maininstitutional aspects relative to labor market informality. It is a two-sector, formaland informal, matching model that incorporates the main trade-offs faced by workersand firms when deciding in which sector they are...

The Brazilian trade pattern is marked, on one hand, by exports with strong presenceof commodities, labour and natural resources intensive goods. On the other hand,Brazilian importation is intensive in products of high and medium technologicalintensity. Taking on account the great share of...

This study aims at describing the behavior of the Brazilian labor market between 1992 and 2005. This period comprises significant changes in the economic scenario, in the midst of the process of opening the economy to adjust to the prevailing international economic order. In the one hand, the...

There are many studies that explore the connection between public investment and their effects on GDP and long run economic growth. This paper analyzes the time series of GDP, Public Investment and Total Factor Productivity (PTF) in Argentina, Brazil and Chile in the period of 1970-2000 and...

O presente trabalho tem dois objetivos. O primeiro é efetuar análise do ambienteinstitucional do setor de telecomunicações, utilizando abordagem desenvolvida porLevy e Spiller (1993). O segundo é investigar os diversos ângulos da disputa que sedeu em torno da legalidade do reajuste das...

This work analyses the evolution of relative Per Capita Income distribution, LiteracyRates, Years of Study and Longevity of Brazilian municipalities. The estimation oftransition matrices, methodology developed in Quah (1993b), modeled the national,regional and intra-regional convergence pattern...

O efeito dos insumos escolares sobre o desempenho educacional tem sido freqüentemente estudado na literatura, mas não há consenso sobre seu impacto. Este trabalho apresenta resultados que apontam para a existência de um impacto significativo desses insumos, nas escolas brasileiras de ensino...

The main objective of this paper is to proceed an impact evaluation of the "SIMPLES" Law (Lei nº 9.317 de 05/12/1996) relative to small enterpreneurship. The paper answers some relevante researcher`s questions about: 1) the strong moviment of new jobs criated in the informal sector and the rol...

The objective of this text is to analyze the main trends of the last 20 years keeping inmind two important characteristics of the Brazilian educational system: selection and stratification by age. All educational systems are divided into cycles that, grosso modo, correspond to age groups. In...