O estudo 2010 de carga global da doença pretende informar e orientar algumas políticas públicas. Este Texto para discussão aponta algumas limitações do estudo, tanto do ponto de vista metodológico quanto de sua utilidade para as políticas nacionais, por meio de uma crítica à formação...

O problema de coordenação diz respeito a como fazer que ações ou escolhas de agentes sociais (pessoas ou organizações) se casem na maneira desejada. Certos problemas de coordenação são, ao mesmo tempo, problemas de separação. Em muitos casos de carência de coordenação, há...

Muitas políticas públicas visam promover, preservar, modificar ou aperfeiçoar ações coletivas. E o desenvolvimento de um país requer ações coletivas abrangentes, complexas. Este texto e mais dois que lhe dão sequência fazem levantamento de: i) duas classes gerais, embora não...

Because China´s outstanding economic performance in the last three decades is seenas an imitative experience for the whole developing countries, this paper aims tobring evidences on the fact that Chinese-style economic success can not be appliedinstantaneously for other countries. The lines...

In this paper we show how a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Brazil, for the year 2003, was constructed. In it, 39 activities, 39 products, 6 types of labor, and 11 family income classes are represented. This matrix will be used to update the computable equilibrium model (CGE) of the Brazilian...

In this study we document the recent evolution of the income inequality in Brazil, which since 2001 has been declining sharply and continuously. The Gini coefficient, one of the most used inequality measure, declined 4,6%, from 0,594 in 2001 to 0,566 in 2005. But, in spite of this important...

This paper analyses the evolution of the minimum wage in Brazil after the stabilization of the Real Plan. It is shown that between 1994 and 2007, the variable had an accumulated real increase of more than 100%. Consequently, its value has advanced in the degree of income and it is estimated that...

This paper uses the agricultural census micro data of 1995-1996 to calculate, for each of the five Brazilian macro regions, the difference in total factor productivity (TFP), with two cleavages: family farmers and input-intensive farmers. This difference in TFP is explained regarding to...

Juridical certainty facilitates human interaction, including economic transactions,reducing their inherent uncertainty. In the economy, it translates into transparentand stable ?rules of the game?. This paper explores four channels through whichjuridical certainty fosters economic growth: lower...

This article presents a simplified methodology for estimating quarterly figures for the Brazilian aggregate gross tax rate, details the practical problems one has to tackle when trying to implement it (as of December, 2006) and, finally, presents (and briefly discusses) the estimates one obtains...