This study investigates the effects of changes in firms' performance on wages across occupations from the extractive and transformation sectors of the Brazilian economy, from 2007 to 2013. We rely on a matching panel data of occupations and industries using data from a Brazilian Administrative...

One of the core aims of transportation policies is to facilitate people's access to employment, health and education opportunities as well as cultural and leisure activities. Nonetheless, transport research and policies in Brazil are still largely focused on the challenges of reducing road...

After his escape from communist Romania in the late 1940s, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen used to describe himself as an “emigrant from a developing country”. Through his professional engagements with Vanderbilt University, he also came to visit many other parts of the developing world. One of...