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Technology adoption and structural transformation: evidence from the industrialization of the sugarcane sector
(2020-06-15)
This paper shows how the adoption of an agricultural technology necessary to meet new environmental standards can prompt structural transformation in an emerging economy. We study the fast spread of mechanical harvesting ...
Produtividade trimestral da economia brasileira
(2020)
O objetivo deste trabalho é construir séries trimestrais de produtividade utilizando como insumo do fator trabalho tanto a série de pessoal ocupado quanto a quantidade de horas trabalhadas para o Brasil entre o primeiro ...
Automated model selection with applications to Brazilian industrial production index
(2019-10-23)
Brazilian Industrial Production Index undergoes different methodological updates and periods of high inflation over time, which prompts researchers to avoid using too long industrial production series. We analyze how ...
Bottom-up accountability and public service provision: evidence from a field experiment in Brazil
(2019-09-04)
Does grassroots participation improve public service delivery? We study the e ect of a mobile phone application that allows citizens to monitor school construction projects in Brazilian municipalities. The app provides a ...
Unveiling physicians’ choice of practice location: evidence from observed migration
(2019-03-22)
This paper exploits the revealed preferences of all generalist physicians graduated in Brazil between 2001 and 2013 to examine the factors influencing their decision of practice location after graduation. We estimate ...
Supply chain resilience: the whole is not the sum of the parts
(2019-02)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how resilience at different nodes in the supply chain influences overall supply chain resilience (SCRES) during an extreme weather event. Design/methodology/approach – ...
Evolução dos gastos públicos no Brasil com base na demografia
(2019-01-30)
Este artigo faz uma simulação acerca da evolução dos gastos públicos no Brasil com base nas mudanças demográficas. O fim do bônus demográfico, com o envelhecimento da população brasileira e o aumento do peso relativo dos ...
The Long-Run Impact of Social Security Reform in Brazil
(2019-01-22)
In most countries, the rules governing public and private pension systems are different, and so are hiring procedures, and job contracts. The tenures of government employees are longer and their wages, in general, higher. ...
Latin American elites favor polycentric governance in climate change agreements
(2019)
Scholars and policy-makers generally assume that climate change mitigation requires global scale governance. However, the international provision of public goods is particularly susceptible to free riders and poor monitoring. ...
Property value assessment in Rio de Janeiro: the effects of transport investments
(2019)
This research assesses the effects of public urban transportation investments on property prices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our hypothesis is that opening a new transportation station increases access to the city for ...
