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21/05/2019

Minimum Wage x Poverty (Brito & Kerstenetzky)

Has the minimum wage policy been important for reducing poverty in Brazil? A decomposition analysis for the period from 2002 to 2013 por Alessandra Scalioni Brito and Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky published by Economia (2019). "...Between 2002 and 2013, the minimum wage contributed to a 38.2% reduction in the proportion of impoverished people, a 39.4% reduction in the intensity of poverty and 40.6% decrease in the severity of poverty. Our results also reveal geographi, with the minimum wage being more important in the poorest regions."
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Income Inequality x New Policies (IMF)

Tackling income inequality requires new policies published by IMF Blog (5/2019). "The hollowing out of the middle class, rising social and political tension, lack of education, globalization, and rapid technological change are just a few of the many drivers of growing income inequality."
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Retratos da Educação no Brasil (Pieri)

Retratos da educação no Brasil por Renan Pieri publicado pelo Insper (10/2018). "...A mensagem principal do texto é a de que o país precisa criar meconismos de gestão mais eficientes e focar os esforços e projetos na primeira infância, onde os retornos são maiores...Mas educação não gera apenas benefícios estritamente econômicos. Sociedades com populações mais escolarizadas tendem a ter melhores resultados em outras áreas"
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Rebooting Inclusive Growth (McKinsey Global Institute)

Latin America's missing middle: rebooting inclusive growth published by McKinsey Global Institute (5/2019). "Latin America used to be the world's most prosperous emerging region, but it is on the verge of being overtaken by other regions that were long considerably poorer. It has lost ground since the 1980s despite reform initiatives because of sluggish growth and the unequal distributions of the gains of that growth..."
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