the law that increased the minimum employment age from 14 to 16 in Brazil in 1998, and uncovers its impact on time …

enrichment of the curriculum. In Brazil, a nationwide policy -- Mais Educa??o -- was implemented in 2008 with this objective …

simplification program in Brazil called SIMPLES on firms' formalization rates and performance indicators. Using the same data set but …

been done. This paper estimates the effects of women?s police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the …

This paper investigates the causal impact of the change in Brazil?s child labor law of December 1998. The change …

-employed female workers in urban areas in three Latin American countries-Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica-after structural reforms … were introduced. The analysis covers pre- and post-reform years: in Argentina, 1988 and 1997, and in Brazil and Costa Rica … in Argentina and Brazil-that is, the adjusted wage differential between more educated and less educated women decreased …

spending for certain services. Second, after decentralization, the local or state government faces popular pressure to spend … investigate how, and how successfully, Argentina and Brazil dealt with these problems in the 1990s. In both countries, sub … growth. Occasional stabilization plans failed within a few years. Then Argentina (in 1991) and Brazil (in 1994) introduced …

A growing number of states and municipalities in Brazil rely on results-based management, and many other local and … state governments are considering adopting the practice. This paper examines the experiences of the Brazilian states that …