A variant of the microeconometric decomposition methodology proposed by Bourguignon et al. (1998) has been applied in this paper in order to assess the relevance of various factors that affected inequality in Paraguay between 1992 and 2005. The results of this paper suggest that the smaller change in inequality between 1992 and 1997/98 is mainly as a result of employment (including hours of wor...

Identifying the pattern of delta morphological change under decreasing sediment flux due to dam construction is essential for sustainable management in such densely populated coastal areas. In this study, we investigated processes Yangtze mouth bar and prodelta based on bathymetric data a decadal-interannual scale (1958, 1978, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2013 2015). We found that strong accretion (...

This essay presents a brief survey of the main activities that took place in both Portugal and Brazil in the context of the programmes put forward to celebrate the bicentennial of the transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil. This general assessment offers a critical account of the main art and history exhibitions, university conferences and seminars, and published materials in books or speci...

We calculate the NAIRU for the U.S. in a framework where inflation and the unemployment rate can respond to each other. The NAIRU is defined as the component of the actual unemployment rate that is uncorrelated with inflation in the long run. Using a structural VAR approach, the NAIRU and core inflation can be estimated simultaneously. Our estimation results show that the NAIRU falls dramatical...