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    • Rendimentos crescentes e a distribuição internacional de renda 

      Zagottis, Alexandre de
      2008-09-01
      The existence of increasing returns in high technology industries assigns a path dependent character to the international division of labor. Rich countries, first entrants in these industries, enjoy permanent advantages ...
    • Unconditional quantile regressions 

      Firpo, Sergio Pinheiro; Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas
      2009-05
      We propose a new regression method to evaluate the impact of changes in the distribution of the explanatory variables on quantiles of the unconditional (marginal) distribution of an outcome variable. The proposed method ...
    • Wage increases, transfers, and the socially determined income distribution in the USA 

      Taylor, Lance; Rezai, Armon; Kumar, Rishabh; Barbosa Filho, Nelson H.; Carvalho, Laura Barbosa de
      2017
      This paper is based on a social accounting matrix (SAM) which incorporates the size distribution of income based on data from the BEA national accounts, the widely discussed 2012 CBO distribution study, and BLS consumer ...
    • Why inequality does not fall 

      Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos
      2010
      Inequality has existed ever since human societies were able to produce an economic surplus and turned into “civilized” empires. No theory of justice, whether meritocratic or liberal, will justify the ensuing inequality. ...