This article investigates the causes in the reduction of labor force participation of the old. We argue that the changes in social security policy, in technology and in demography may account for most of the changes in retirement over the second part of the last century in the U.S. economy. We...

Este artigo avalia o impacto sobre a economia brasileira de uma reforma trib- utária que reduza distorções e cumulatividade, utilizando para tal experimento a atual proposta do Ministério da Fazenda. Utiliza-se um modelo recursivo dinâmico padrão calibrado de forma a se aproximar o máximo...

We investigate the role of sectorial differences in labor productivity and the process of structural transformation (reallocation of labor across sectors) in accounting for the time path of aggregate productivity across six Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and...

We develop and calibrate a model where di¤erences in factor en- dowments lead countries to trade di¤erent goods, so that the existence of international trade changes the sectorial composition of output from one country to another. Gains from trade re ect in total factor produc- tivity. We...

This article studies the determinants of the labor force participation of the elderly and investigates the factors that may account for the increase in retirement in the second half of the last century. We develop a life-cycle general equilibrium model with endogenous retirement that embeds...

In this paper, we investigate the nature of income inequality across nations by first estimating, testing, and distinguishing between two types of aggregate production functions: the extended neoclassical model and a mincerian formulation of schooling-returns to skills. Next, given our...

In this article we study the growth and welfare effects of fiscal and monetary policies in economies where public investment is part of the productive process we present four different models that share the same technology with public infrastructure as a separate argument of the production...

in this anicle we measure the impact of public sector capital and investment on economic growth. Initially, traditional growth accounting regressions are run for a cross-country data set. A simple endogenous growth model is then constructed in order to take into account the determinants of...

this article addresses the welfare and macroeconomics effects of fiscal policy in a frarnework where govemment chooses tax rates and the distribution of revenues between consumption and investment. We construct and simulate a model where public consumption affects individuaIs' utility and public...

Este trabalho estuda a eficiência produtiva do estado de Minas Gerais, analisando a evolução e a situação comparativa de sua produtividade total dos fatores (PTF). Mostramos que o estado seguiu a tendência geral do país de queda da PTF e que para qualquer uma das medidas que construímos,...