Browsing Documentos indexados pela Scopus by Author "Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro"

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Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil

Emilio, Daulins U.; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Botelho, Fernando
2012

This paper uses a rotating panel of households to analyze wage differentials between public and private sectors in Brazil. Focusing on the transition of individuals between jobs available in the public and private sectors ...
Information, market incentives, and student performance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design in Brazil

Camargo, Bráz Ministério de; Camelo, Rafael de Sousa; Firpo, Sergio Pinheiro; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
2018

We use a discontinuity on the test score disclosure rule for the National Secondary Education Examination in Brazil to test whether test score disclosure affects student performance in public and private schools. We find ...
Institutions and economic volatility: Democracy versus risk of expropriation

Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Mattos, Enlinson
2009

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to decompose the effects of democracy and risk of expropriation on economic volatility. Design/methodology/approach: The authors follow Acemouglu et al. and use settler mortality in ...