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political process of public decision. The budget is a political-political instrument with an allocation structure of public … allocative function of the budget and the distributive function exercised using planning are integrated or interrelated but are … constitutional amendments pending in the National Congress on planning and budget, only one brings an interpretation of the multi …
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In a stylized way, this text presents the dynamics of the welfare in Brazil in recent decades, highlighting especially the 2000's. Firstly, the purpose is to check some basic indicators of well-being (or of lack of it), as those related to poverty and extreme poverty situations. Secondly, the...
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Since the 1930s, the Brazilian State has built a national system of labour relations. In the following decades, this system underwent many changes, as well the country itself (which became urbanized, industrialized etc.). At the present time, there is a new wave of changes in the labour...
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This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...
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The purpose of this article is to describe, in a stylized way, the current situation of the legal labour market in Brazil. In other words, the situation of the market integrated by professionals: i) with complete higher education in law and, ii) occupied in jobs demanding this specific type of...
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The development of several policies and research projects rely on data on the population socioeconomic characteristics and on the spatial distribution of economic activities and public services. Nonetheless, these data in Brazil are often difficult to access, require large computational power to...
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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...
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Recent studies point to commuting as a key element to understand regional dynamics and urban integration. This study propose three ideal types (Max Weber) of commuting flows based on its relations with social processes which impact urban structure by affecting residence and job locations in...
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The economy of Paraíba has changed is productive and social structure. This paper aims to describe this process highlighting the recent economic changes and its relationship with regional and national economy. The demographic and productive structures demonstrate the possible internal...
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The word Matopiba refers to the region that is formed by municipalities in the frontier of the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia, which in the last two decades has been rapid transformations in its dynamics of land occupation due to expansion of the agricultural activity, a...
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