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The objective of this paper is to combine three topics - international migration, poverty, and pandemics - in the …. First of all, I discuss international migration; second, I emphasize the role of geography, development, and poverty; and … migration, I point to the importance of internal regulation of the Brazilian emigration process and bilateral agreements. In the …
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English Abstract: Migration as a concept is difficult to define because of its varied and changeable social, economic … or collective potential of social groups. For some groups of population, migration has been the result of the structural … difficulties in countries as human capital drain or family and social fabric weakening. Colombia has seen migration waves since the …
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Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic … causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on … the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil. We estimate structural parameters to the Brazilian economy, among …
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Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic … causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on … the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil. We estimate structural parameters to the Brazilian economy, among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403343
We examine how Social Security affects the distribution of resources between racial groups in Brazil. To do this, we apply two methodological perspectives. Using a life-cycle perspective, we compare contributions and benefits accrued over the life cycle of representative individuals of each...
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The following study uses two approaches to judge whether inequality in Brazil is falling fast enough. The first is to compare the variation of the Gini coefficient in Brazil with what was observed in several countries that today belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
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Where are the brotherhoods of the Patriarchate of Lisbon? Why are these brotherhoods located in such spaces? The present work answers to these two questions, being a pioneer attempt about the thematic, in Portugal. Through the empirical validation recurring to logit models, this paper identifies...
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This text aims at a reflection on the configuration of cross-border arrangements, resulting from the advance of metropolization over the territory, its characteristics, and the difficulties they impose on the urban management process, due to constituting cities that break territorial borders of...
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The objective of this paper is to estimate the length of poverty spells and its determinants. We analyze if short-term changes in the labor market affect the probability of staying in poverty. On the assumption that poverty transitions occur more frequently when we use a monthly data rather than...
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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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