This paper aims to examine the effects of trade openness on the output volatility in different sectors of manufacturing industry between 1996 and 2008. To do so, we use data of 18 sectors for 13 years, estimating an econometric model using a panel dataset by GMM. The results show that the...

Este artigo analisa a competitividade setorial da indústria brasileira considerando os aspectos regionais na distribuição de sua produtividade. Estimam-se funções e fronteiras estocásticas de produção com dados das mesorregiões brasileiras, no período 2000-2006, para 22 setores. Os...

This paper examines whether the quality of learning, measured by the scores obtained by the 1978 generation at the end of high school (1995), affects the wages received by this cohort five years later, measured in the 2000 Census. We compute average wages and proficiency for each...