Este ensaio procura identificar os elementos socio-politico-economico-culturais que estariam na base da constituicao de qualquer processo de desenvolvimento cientifico e tecnologico, para pensar as especificidades da trajetoria brasileira neste campo. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

Job flows, workers flows and employment flows in Brazil. The labor market is in constant flux. When measuring labor market mobility, it is usual to estimate labor market flow statistics, such as worker reallocation and job reallocation. The goal of this paper is to present previously unknown...

Since the 1970's the loss of industrial output share of Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area relative to Brazil's industrial output has been explained by a process of "reversal polarization". This article aims to analyze the catching up effect of variables of productive efficiency, such as technological...