Initially, using a Markov transition matrix, the study analyses the regional convergence of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to a similar level of rural labor occupied per hectare. The results indicate that there would occur a small increase in the percentage of regions in the class situated above...

Este trabalho analisa o impacto das heterogeneidades individuais na pobreza multidimensional em Porto Alegre. Com a estimação de um modelo econométrico, controla-se o efeito individual e conjunto das variáveis para testar alguns fatores de conversão de meios em fins, ou seja, verifica-se o...

The real Brazilian tributary system presents a series of problems and despite everybody knows that a changing is necessary, it was not yet done. A lot of efforts is realized trying to evaluate the impacts of different proposals of tributary system alteration but their results are not persuasive...

The formulation of Regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models demands the set up of a coherent and consistent data bank of the economy under investigation. This data bank is provided by the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), which specifies the interdependencies between the economic...

This study seeks to analyze the relationship between rural and urban production activities, mapping the rural production structures more strongly related to better performances of urban economic activities in Rio Grande do Sul state. Two panel data models were estimated, with fixed effects...