This paper investigates the price elasticity of Brazilian residential electricity demand for 2012-2016. The estimations use random and fixed effects panel data and impulse response function in a VAR/VECM model for time series analysis. Furthermore, we analyze the consumers in two categories, Low...

This study investigates the potential and effective remote work in Brazil in 2020. Using information from the Continuous PNAD and methodology developed in the international literature and adapted for the country, the potential of occupations that can be carried out remotely is estimated. Added...

This study investigates recent changes in the Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC) policy and discusses its advances and limitations in guaranteeing and promoting rights. In addition to briefly analyzing the trajectory of changes in the BPC eligibility criteria between 1996 and 2016, the...

Technical assistance as a support tool and source of information for rural producers has undergone several transformations over the years. After brief attempts to introduce the service, ATER gained strength in the period of agricultural technification in the 1960s. Agricultural credit provided...

The uncertainties and economic effects after the outbreak of Covid-19 raised major concerns about the business conditions of the Brazilian automotive sector. This study contributes to this debate in course and analyzes the demand and supply of automobiles and light commercial vehicles in the...

The discussion about precarious labor and its various manifestations has grown rapidly. However, one of the difficulties, and one of the problems, in any attempt to follow the discussion about precarious labor is the lack of homogeneity about the meaning and definition of this category. This...

The text contributes to the discussion of the National Culture Plan's Goal, which proposes to increase formal employment in the cultural sector, supported by Rais. The cultural labor market is approached from the PNAD Continuous, because it includes informality, a dynamic not covered by Rais. It...

Based on quantitative and qualitative research conducted in Recife in 2018 among young people aged 15 to 24 years, this study analyzes and compares labor and schooling trajectories as well as expectations regarding qualification and professional life in order to highlight possible differences...

Since 2004, a complex high-stake assessment of the federal higher education system has been in operation in Brazil. Established by law, the National Higher Education Assessment System (Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior - Sinaes) consists of three components: the evaluation...

This article analyzes the effects of voluntary changes in maternity leave - through the Programa Empresa Cidadã (PEC) - from 120 days to 180 days on hiring and wages of female workers in companies that adhered to the program. For this purpose, we used the propensity score matching method...