Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of smoking on the income of workers in the Brazilian labor market. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the 2019 National Health Survey (PNS), we initially address the sample selection bias concerning labor market participation by using...

We evaluate the deterrence effects of the age of criminal responsibility on total drug trafficking and homicide crimes per age, based on a quasi-experiment generated by differences in punishment severity for these crimes prescribed by the Statute of the Child and Adolescent and by the Penal Code...

Homeowners use precaution technologies in order to supplement the protection offered by the Justice System. These technologies reduce expected victimization through reduction and diversion effects. This paper contributes to the literature evaluating the effects of private precaution technologies...

This article uses daily state information of the Social Isolation Index (SII) and recorded cases and deaths by COVID-19 for the period between March 13 and April 25, 2020 to estimate elasticities that relates these variables in Brazil. The results indicate that there was an adjustment period for...

In the Economic Theory, the study of the marriage market is relevant to understand how families are constituted and how changes in this market affect their decisions regarding consumption, savings, labor supply, and the human capital accumulation of its members. However, the marriage market is...