Este texto compara os gastos previdenciários entre diversos países, considerando as condições sociais, demográficas e econômicas de cada um deles. Dessa forma o trabalho estabelece uma avaliação de tais gastos em relação às suas respectivas possibilidades estruturais. Utilizando-se a...

Este trabalho avalia o esforço fiscal empregado pelas administrações estaduais brasileirasno período de 1985 a 1999. Os níveis de esforço fiscal são avaliados levando-seem conta vários fatores peculiares de cada estado, tais como proporções setoriais doproduto estadual, renda per...

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...

This article discusses the legal and financial evolution of the Municipalities Participation Fund ? FPM. Initially, the importance of the fiscal transfers in the federative context is studied, and both the positive (as the reduction of the fiscal gap) and the negative aspects of such transfers...

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

This paper discusses a new approach to controlling for the environment when estimating efficiency. In response to the literature on the international comparison of bank efficiency, we draw the attention to a local dimension of comparison. By introducing geographical weights and estimating local...

This paper investigates the sensitivity of the variable poverty facing the public policies currently adopted by the Brazilian government, focusing on four central aspects: higher education, per capita income, unemployment rate and Bolsa Família program. In recent years, the Brazilian government...

The purpose of this text is to consolidate the analysis of social policies that were modified by a legal reform, fostered by the government through the so-called "Medidas Provisórias" no 664 and 665, edited on 30 December 2014. The social policies analyzed in this text are pensions, wage...

The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of the General Social Security System (RGPS) on regional disparities in Brazil. The study examines the impact of social security on regional income distribution at different scales by means of econometric tests, and conventional measures of...