In this paper we measure inequality of opportunity in daycare and preschool services in Brazil. For this purpose, we construct an opportunity index that modifies the human opportunity index proposed in the literature and ...

Due to several policy distortions, including import-substitution industrialization, widespread government intervention and both domestic and international competitive barriers, there has been a general presumption that ...

Este artigo investiga a evolução do capital humano para o Brasil e os Estados Unidos no período de 1992 a 2007, utilizando uma medida de capital humano baseada em dados microeconômicos. Uma das principais contribuições ...