Neste trabalho, são analisados alguns métodos que podem ser usados para realizar agrupamentos de unidade que compõem algum sistema de provisão de serviços públicos (por exemplo, escolas, postos de saúde e delegacias). Os métodos aqui analisados são: i) o baseado em alguma partição...

In this paper we measure inequality of opportunity in daycare and preschool services in Brazil. For this purpose, we construct an opportunity index that modifies the Human Opportunity Index proposed in the literature and used in Barros et al. (<CitationRef CitationID="CR5">2009</CitationRef>) to measure inequality in basic opportunities...</citationref>

This paper analyzes how differences in the composition of wealth between human and physical capital among families affect fertility choices. These in turn influence the dynamics of wealth and income inequality across generations through a tradeoff between quantity and quality of children. Wealth...

Productivity growth in Brazil has not kept pace with developed and emerging economies, despite progress in achieving macroeconomic stability and implementing reforms in product and input markets. This paper reviews the literature on reforms and growth in Brazil to understand the factors that...

This paper studies how the composition of income between mothers and fathers affects fertility and schooling investments in children, using data from the 1976 and 1996 PNAD, a Brazilian household survey. Income composition affects the time cost of fertility because mothers and fathers allocate...