With the implementation, in 1994, of the Real plan in the Brazilian economy, and the consequent price stabilization, the analysis of structural aspects of the economy has gained importance. Among these aspects, considering the needs for labor absorption in the economy, one of the main concerns...

Despite the advances in recent years in areas as education and combat to the poverty, Brazil continues to have one of the worst income distributions in the world. Nowadays, in a list with 126 countries and territories, Brazil has the 10th worse income distribution. As much as income...

Portuguese Abstract: Com base nas tabelas de insumo produto construidas para o Brasil (1959, 1970, 1975, 1980) e do censo industrial brasileiro para 1985, este trabalho tem 2 objetivos básicos: 1) fazer um estudo de como a economia brasileira evoluiu no período de 1960-1985; 2) apresentar...

In the 1990s the Brazilian economy went through a lot of changes, caused mainly by the monetary stabilization and the globalization process occurred. To study the impact of this process over the Brazilian economy, one should go beyond the analysis of growth indicators, like GDP or inflation...