This paper seeks to analyze the set of characteristics that can explain the existence of slums (favelas) in Brazilian cities, based upon microdata from the 1999 edition of the National Household Survey (Pnad), published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The paper is...

This paper seeks to estimate the demand for housing and urban services in the major Brazilian metropolitan areas (MAs), as a contribution for the formulation of public policies of urban development. The theoretical approach used is the hedonic prices model (Rosen, 1974), which relates price with...

This paper presents the adaptation of the “Florida Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology” (Noll et al., 1997) to Brazil. This was a task developed jointly by the Florida team with researchers from IPEA and the World Bank. The Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology,...

The objective of this article is to characterize the housing conditions in Brazilian urbanareas during the 1990s, based upon housing and urban indicators derived from the1992-1999 IBGE National Household Surveys (PNAD) microdata. The paper intendsto be useful as a first attempt to systematize...

This paper presents the adaptation of the ?Florida Affordable Housing NeedsAssessment Methodology? (Noll et al., 1997) to Brazil. This was a task developedjointly by the Florida team with researchers from IPEA and the World Bank. TheAffordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology, developed by...

The objective of this article is to characterize the housing conditions in Brazilian urban areas during the 1990s, based upon housing and urban indicators derived from the 1992-1999 IBGE National Household Surveys (PNAD) microdata. The paper intends to be useful as a first attempt to systematize...