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View article: GDP growth in Brazil after the liberalising reforms
GDP growth in Brazil after the liberalising reforms Open
The Brazilian economy implemented the trade and financial liberalisation reforms in the first half of the 1990s as a new development strategy. Since then, Brazilian GDP has been unstable and much lower compared to the previous period. Desp…
View article: Upstreamness, exports and international competitiveness: lessons from the case of China
Upstreamness, exports and international competitiveness: lessons from the case of China Open
This article aims to provide more and better evidence regarding the degree and nature of the interaction of countries within global value chains (GVCs), based on metrics compatible with the international fragmentation of production. The ma…
View article: effects of the Brazilian recession on wage inequality between men and women
effects of the Brazilian recession on wage inequality between men and women Open
The Brazilian economy entered a deep recession in 2014, when the country’s GDP decreased, with negative consequences for the labour market. The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of this recession on the country’s wage inequality, …
View article: Economic upgrading in global value chains
Economic upgrading in global value chains Open
This paper has critically documented a vast literature addressing the multi-layered outcomes associated with participating in global value chains (GVCs). In particular, this paper reviews and synthesizes the definitions and quantitative me…
View article: Wage distribution in the period of economic growth with income distribution: The case of Brazil
Wage distribution in the period of economic growth with income distribution: The case of Brazil Open
This paper analyses in detail the distribution of Brazilian wages in the period of economic growth with income distribution. Brazil presents a high structural heterogeneity that generates high wage inequality, and it is shown that wage dif…
View article: Income distribution and economic growth: A critical approach
Income distribution and economic growth: A critical approach Open
The aim of this paper is to review the Kaleckian and post-Kaleckian literature on income distribution and economic growth and question the extent to which they analyse countries? economic regimes and economic performances properly and appr…
View article: Brazilian economic performance since the emergence of the great recession: The effects of income distribution on consumption
Brazilian economic performance since the emergence of the great recession: The effects of income distribution on consumption Open
After a long period of unstable and low economic activity, Brazil achieved a relatively high economic growth with low inflation from 2004 to 2008, when the world scenario was favourable for the Brazilian trade balance. An incomes policy, f…