This study introduces a new measure of urban centrality. It identifies distinct urban structures from different spatial patterns of jobs and resident population. The proposed urban centrality index constitutes an extension to the spatial separation index (MIDELFART-KNARVIK et al., 2000). It is...

The distribution criterion of the Municipal Participation Fund (Fundo de Participação dos Municípios) has biased the population data for small Brazilian municipalities. The paper applies the test for manipulation of the running variable in discontinuity regression (McCrary, 2008) to Brazilian...

This paper estimates the local employment multiplier for Brazil (2000-2010). The methodology is based on Moretti (2010) and Moretti and Thulin (2012) who estimated these multipliers for the U.S. and Sweden. We have estimated the impacts of changes in employment in the tradables sectors on the...