Since the start of the twenty-first century, the Brazilian economy has experienced a growth cycle with characteristics unlike those of its previous historical experience, combining growth, macroeconomic stability and distributive progress. In this context, the study aims to analyse the factors an...
Monsueto, Sandro Eduardo
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Cunha, André Moreira
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Da Silva Bichara, Julimar
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Occupational mobility and income differentials: The experience of Brazil between 2002 and 2010
This article presents a multi-perspective discussion of trends in income inequality. Recent evidence from many sources shows that global income inequality is high and relatively stable, with the main changes being driven by developments in China and India. In developed countries, the trend has be...
This article provides evidence regarding differences in the performance on academic tests in secondary school between students who had attended preschool and those who had not. A non-parametric method based on the generation of counterfactuals to decompose gaps between observable and unobservable...
Gamboa, Luis Fernando
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Krüger, Natalia
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Does the contribution made by early education to later academic achievement differ in Latin America?: PISA 2009-2012
This article combines individual data from household surveys in the Latin American countries to obtain a regional income vector and analyse its distribution and recent changes. It investigates whether distributive changes in the countries over the past decade have improved income distribution bet...
En este trabajo se analiza la relación entre la inversión extranjera directa (ied) y la
desigualdad de los ingresos en América Latina. En particular, se estima el efecto de
la ied desde una perspectiva sectorial y se identifican tres grandes sectores: primario,
industria manufacturera y servicios...
The construction and ownership of homes is fundamental to economic development, the generation of wealth and the formation of the middle class. Although a number of studies have been conducted and programmes implemented in recent decades, there remains a significant housing deficit in Paraguay an...
En este artículo se combinan los datos individuales de las encuestas de hogares de los países latinoamericanos para obtener un vector de ingresos regional y analizar su distribución y cambios recientes. Se investiga si en la última década los cambios distributivos en los países han mejorado la di...
El transporte público es clave para garantizar la capacidad de las personas para acceder a las oportunidades que ofrece la ciudad. A diferencia de otros medios de transporte, como el automóvil, este es el que menos peso monetario recarga sobre los usuarios, lo que lo convierte en el medio que más...
El Uruguay reformó su sistema de salud con el fin de reducir las disparidades de
acceso y ajustarse a los nuevos perfiles epidemiológicos. No obstante, aún persisten
diferencias significativas entre los usuarios del sector privado de atención de la salud,
cuya esperanza de vida es de 81,3 años, y...