This paper establishes a basis of research on the relationship between poverty, resources distribution and assets markets operation. The main objective is to help the implementation of capital enhancing policies towards ...

Os primeiros anos deste século serão conhecidos, nos futuros livros de história, como de redução da desigualdade.

Brazil’s experience shows that the economic and political history of a country is a critical determinant of which labor laws influence wages and employment, and which are not binding. Long periods of high inflation, ...

Brazil has a substantial share – about 60% by some measures - of its employees working without labor registry and 62% of its private sector workers not contributing to social security. Informality is important because its ...

This paper discusses the economic rationality of a system of social targets, as a way for the federal government to increase efficiency in the use of its social budget transferred to municipalities. The paper develops ...

Este artigo decompõe o diferencial de salários por cor e sexo dos trabalhadores brasileiros usando os microdados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílio (PNAD). A metodologia consiste em estimar a equação de salários ...

Este artigo fornece subsídios à discussão sobre regionalização do salário mínimo brasileiro. Inicialmente, avaliamos a efetividade da política de salário mínimo nacional sobre a determinação dos salários nas diversas formas ...

This paper generates and organizes stylized facts related to the dynamics of selfemployment activities in Brazil. The final purpose is to help the design of policies to assist micro-entrepreneurial units. The 'first part ...