Este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar as relacoes de longo prazo existentes entre crescimento economico, distribuicao de renda e politica fiscal, obtidas a partir de modelos de crescimento endogeno, e testa-las em uma analise cross-section para os estados brasileiros entre 1970 e 1990....

This paper investigates the nature of income inequality across nations. Several exercises, such as variance decompositions, simulations and counter-factual analyses are performed. We find that, although total factor productivity has a leading role in explaining the dispersion of output per...

The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and development. Based on salient micro and macro evidence of Brazilian labor, housing and education markets, we construct a simple model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge....

In this paper we show that inequality and unemployment are related positively across the European continent, within countries, between countries and through time. This contradicts the often-repeated view that unemployment in Europe is attributable to rigid wage structures, high minimum wages and...