This paper argues that trade specialization played an indispensable role in supporting the Industrial Revolution, allowing the economy to shift resources to the manufacture without facing food and raw materials shortage. In our arti cial economy, there are two sectors agriculture and manufacture...

In this study we analyze some methods that can be used to perform grouping of unit that make up a public service delivery system (e.g., schools, health centers and police stations). The methods discussed here are: i) one based on some spatial partition of the units (for example, grouping by...

Evolução recente do mercado de trabalho e perspectivas / José Márcio Camargo -- Mercado de trabalho no Brasil : passado, presente e futuro / Fernando de Holanda Barbosa Filho -- Evolução recente do mercado de trabalho metropolitano e perspectivas / João Saboia -- Panorama do mercado de...