Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander; … - 2016
The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and … model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge. We then use the model to examine whether slums are barriers or stepping …) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …
