Initially, using a Markov transition matrix, the study analyses the regional convergence of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to a similar level of rural labor occupied per hectare. The results indicate that there would occur a small increase in the percentage of regions in the class situated above...

Este trabalho analisa o impacto das heterogeneidades individuais na pobreza multidimensional em Porto Alegre. Com a estimação de um modelo econométrico, controla-se o efeito individual e conjunto das variáveis para testar alguns fatores de conversão de meios em fins, ou seja, verifica-se o...

The article aims to analyze the effects of the Brazilian Simplified Tax Regime (Simples Nacional) on the longevity of manufacturing microenterprises, contributing to the current debate on the expansion of the program. Based on the RAIS (Relação Anual de Informações Sociais) microdata...

The new Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), which began in late 2019 in China, lead to a health and economic crisis of significant proportions. The decrease in economic activity in order to prevent further spread of the disease affected all economic sectors, resulting in the unprecedented loss of...

The universities and mainly yours postgraduate programs have an important role for the generation of scientific and technological knowledge, which are a potential base for socioeconomic development by means of innovations. In this article we intend to examine the structure and evolution of...