Documents & Reports
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Spatial dynamics of labor markets in Brazil (English)
There was substantial spatial variation in labor market outcomes in Brazil over the 1990s. In 2000, about one-fifth of workers lived in apparently economically stagnant municipios where real wages declined...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS3752 Document Date: October 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chomitz,Kenneth M.,Magalhaes, Joao Carlos,Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira,de Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata
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Determinants of city growth in Brazil (English)
The authors examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. They consider a model of a city that combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS3723 Document Date: September 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira,Deichmann,Uwe Klaus,Henderson,John Vernon,Lall,Somik V.,Wang,Hyoung Gun
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Examining the growth patterns of Brazilian cities (English)
The share of urban population in Brazil increased from 58 to 80 percent between 1970 and 2000 and all net population growth over the next 30 years is predicted to be in cities. This paper explores population...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS3724 Document Date: September 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira,Deichmann,Uwe Klaus,Henderson,John Vernon,Lall,Somik V.,Wang,Hyoung Gun