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This study investigates the relevance of Youth and Adult Education (YAE) in contexts of deprivation of liberty, based on the perspective of popular education. Using a qualitative-quantitative approach, statistical data from the Brazilian prison system are analyzed to examine the role of YAE in educating individuals deprived of liberty. Although it promises to explore the relationship between prison EJA and popular education, the study reveals gaps in implementing of this connection. Constructive criticisms are discussed about the need for greater articulation between educational practices, flexible curricula, and interdisciplinary work to strengthen the impact of YAE in these communities. It is concluded that education in prisons is not limited to literacy, but also offers opportunities for the reconstruction of citizenship and social reintegration, standing out as a fundamental instrument to break cycles of exclusion and crime, thus advancing towards a society fairer and more inclusive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The desire of the Code of Civil Procedure/15 to strengthen access to justice is notorious, especially through the provisions concerning the benefit of free justice. Based on this observation, an analysis of the results of the current system is sought, as well as the possibility of increasing the effects of the aforementioned benefit, through statistical analysis. Therefore, using the hypothetical-deductive method, the possibility of extending the benefit of free justice is questioned, so that it reaches a greater number of beneficiaries, as determined by law. It is concluded that it is possible to strengthen the benefit, so that Justice as a public service promotes better service to the population's needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Identifying, quantifying and spatialising factors that condition water erosion processes, such as erosivity, can help to understand the process of sediment input to watercourses and, in this specific case, to hydroelectric plant reservoirs. The aim of this study was to estimate and spatialise rainfall and erosivity indices in the Area of Direct Influence (AID) of the Batalha reservoir (GO/MG). Using the database provided by the National Water Agency's (ANA) HIDROWEB portal, the equation proposed Silva et al. (1997) was adopted, and to measure the accuracy of the erosivity estimation models, the Fournier index (1958) was adopted for rainfall in the region, for a historical series from 1991 to 2021. To do this, the estimates took into account monthly and annual rainfall and their spatial variability for the south-eastern regions of Goiás and north-western Minas Gerais. By means of a descriptive analysis and spatialisation of the Erosivity Index (EI), in the study of annual variability, there was a tendency for it to increase in an approximately north-south direction, towards the south and centre-south. Similarly, in the study of monthly variability, there was an increase in the EI also in an approximately north-south direction, towards the south and centre-south, in the months with the highest rainfall. It was also observed that the months with the highest rainfall, corresponding to the spring and summer seasons, had the highest Erosivity Indices, classified as high and very high, except for October. For the drier months, corresponding to autumn and winter, these indices were classified as low and very low. Overall, the average annual erosivity was classified as high. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The need to reconcile assessment through the Course Completion Work (CCW) with lower risks of retention and dropout justifies further investigation into this topic. Current CCWs have a rich structure composed of elements that can be quantified, such as the number of pages and images, some optional items, such as appendices and tables, and others of a mandatory nature, such as the summary. The general objective of this research is to search for relationships between quantifiable elements in the final work of the executive secretariat course, with better performance in the CCW assessment of students at a federal higher education institution. The general objective unfolds into three aspects: evaluation of quantitative elements; verification of optional elements of CCWs and categorization of them, using quantitative methods. In this investigation, the quantifiable elements of the CCWs are counted, forming a database that is used for statistical analyses, related to the results obtained in the evaluation of the course completion work. Few quantitative variables were associated with higher CCW scores, and no optional element was statistically significantly associated with a higher assessment score. The categorization of CCWs showed that works defended closer to the deadline and those defended more late did not differ much in terms of evaluation results, but presented different characteristics in quantitative terms regarding the number of pages, references, among other elements. Several possibilities for new investigations can be glimpsed from this work, highlighting the replication of the methodology used in other secretarial courses, allowing comparative studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We mobilize in this article theoretical notions of relevance and semiotic representation registers to observe distortions in the presentation of statistics in infographics. So, we analyzed three infographics published on the section Beste Bedingungen für deine Partnersuche (The best conditions for your partner search) of the Parship platform homepage--a European agency in the online dating and relationship segment--dedicated to the proportion of women and men, the application's success rate, and the academic quota of their users. We conclude that the agency suggests fallacious conclusions from supposedly accurate statistics to increase its performance by manipulating the scale of the dependent variable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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En el presente artículo se pretende dar cuenta de cómo los Estados Locales en la Provincia de Córdoba regularon el fenómeno de las ferias de la Economía Popular en espacios públicos a través de Ordenanzas Municipales. Como primer punto, hicimos una contextualización de dicho fenómeno, que adquirió gran relevancia luego del quiebre en el sistema formal del trabajo y la crisis del 2001, para dar lugar a un análisis en torno a la categoría de informalidad y las discusiones que existen en torno a su carácter legal/ilegal. Por último, analizamos los casos de las ordenanzas de Córdoba capital, Villa María y Rio Cuarto, lo que nos llevó a identificar las tensiones que se generan con los feriantes y su trabajo por considerarlo una práctica laboral informal.

La aparición del Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) y su generalización han modificado las actividades de la cadena de valor de la industria del software. Sin embargo, actualmente no hay una buena base de información estadística que de cuenta de la importancia y el rol que tienen en la economía las empresas FLOSS. Por ello, el objetivo de este artículo es contribuir a mejorar los métodos de relevamiento y a la discusión sobre las formas de clasificar las empresas FLOSS. Emplearemos una metodología cualitativa y nos basaremos en siete estudios de caso de empresas FLOSS de Argentina, focalizándonos en su grado de colaboración con la comunidad FLOSS y su modelo de negocios. Este estudio nos permitió realizar un análisis crítico de las clasificaciones disponibles de las empresas FLOSS en la literatura, como un primer paso en dirección a delinear una tipología de empresas de este tipo para que puedan ser identificadas mediante relevamientos tecnológicos.

En mayo de 2023, el gobierno uruguayo promulgó la ley 20.130 que reforma el sistema previsional uruguayo. El título VII, relativo a “los niveles mínimos de protección”, dispone cambios significativos en lo que usualmente, en la jerga especializada, se denomina “pilar 0” de protección social. En el presente documento, comparto algunas ideas sobre el pilar 0 que presenté en la comisión de expertos en seguridad social (CESS) creada en la ley 19.889 de 2020. Propongo la creación de un ingreso universal para adultos mayores residentes en el país, inspirado en programas similares existentes en otros países, como son el “complemento al ingreso garantizado” (guaranteed income supplement, GIS) de Canadá, la pensión garantizada (pension guarantee) de Suecia y la pensión solidaria de Chile. Estas ideas fueron un insumo, entre muchos otros, para la elaboración de las propuestas de la CESS y posteriormente de la ley de reforma.

This paper explores the historical long-term determinants of economic growth in Argentina along the XX century. The evidence indicates that at the beginning economic openness plays a key role to explain the successful performance achieved until the great crisis of 1930. From there on, and until the middle of the ´70s, Argentina maintained a similar growth of the previous period, which was driven by the domestic demand via investment. Nonetheless, in the last quarter of the past century economic growth slowed drastically, which was mainly associated with economic instability, approximated by inflation and the per capita growth rate output volatility. The intuition is that once the country lost foreign markets for its exports, could temporarily sustain growth thanks to domestic demand, but once this strategy petered out the economy was signed by a long period of turbulence and stagnation, specifically since 1975 onwards. Thus, economic policy recommendations are to develop new led export-oriented sectors, so that alleviate the external restriction, as to avoid procyclical policies in order to reduce the economic instability.

El superávit informativo generado por la explosión de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación al que está expuesta la sociedad, ha derivado en una escasez atencional sin precedentes. Los oligopolios tecnológicos compiten entre sí con la intención de captar la atención social y mantener a los usuarios el mayor tiempo posible mirando sus contenidos. En este contexto, el uso de algoritmos y otras herramientas que diseñan gratificaciones instantáneas personalizadas, parece estar direccionando la voluntad de las personas e interviniendo en la toma de decisiones. Por ello, el propósito de este artículo es llevar a cabo una revisión bibliográfica y algunas reflexiones sobre las consecuencias y los desafíos que la economía de la atención plantea para la democracia y las identidades colectivas, principalmente en lo referido al control social.

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The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of music on psychophysiological responses in a High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) protocol with preferred (PM), nonpreferred (NPM) and no music (NM). Thirty-one physically active adults of both genders participated voluntarily. All subjects were exposed to all protocols. Before starting the sessions, an anamnesis was used in order to measure data on PM and NPM during the exercise (Visual Analog Scale for Musical Taste). Seven days before the first intervention, a maximal exercise test of maximal speed at maximal measurement was performed. The Subjective Perceived Exertion (PSE6-20) and the Affect Scale (AFETO+5/ -5) were used during the study in 10 bouts of 60 seconds of exercise for 60 seconds of passive rest (60": 60"). Results showed regular criteria of normality and sphericity. A one-way ANOVA test with repeated measures [F(2, 26) = 9,703; p<0.05] followed by the Sidak post-hoc showed that HIIT with PM generated lower PSE6-20 and higher AFETO value compared to the use of HIIT with NPM and NM. It is concluded that MP is reduced, which consequently makes HIIT on the treadmill more tolerable and probably a more efficient way of training, increasing and improving physical exercise performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Este estudio examina el hábito lector en 7.094 estudiantes universitarios ecuatorianos a partir de encuestas online. Se analiza el hábito de lectura por sexos de las tres áreas geográficas de Ecuador, de la distinción Grado/Posgrado y de las áreas de conocimiento. Se comparan las diferencias en horas de dedicación semanales, número de libros leídos, frecuencia de asistencia a la biblioteca, tipos de lecturas que hacen en ella, número de libros comprados/descargados y porcentaje que ocupa la lectura en el tiempo libre frente a otras actividades en las categorías mencionadas. Los alumnos de Artes y Humanidades y los de Ciencias de la Salud son los que presentan un mejor hábito lector. No obstante, el hábito lector del conjunto de la muestra es bajo, por lo que es necesaria la preparación del profesorado para afrontar esta problemática = This work examines the reading habit of 7.094 Ecuadorian university students through an online survey. They are analyzed according to gender, the three geographic areas of Ecuador, the undergraduate/postgraduate distinction, and the areas of knowledge. Differences are compared in hours spent per week, number of books read, frequency of library attendance, types of reading done there, number of books purchased/downloaded, and percentage spent reading in free time compared to other activities in the mentioned categories. The students of Arts and Humanities and those of Health Sciences are the ones with the best reading habit. However, the reading habit of the sample as a whole is low, which is why the preparation of professors is necessary to face this problem.

It aims to verify the effect of athe hydrokinesiotherapy program on the posture and musculoskeletal disorders of the elderly at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (UNATI PUC-GO). Quasi-experimental study, lasted four months, twice a week, for fifty minutes. Posture was evaluated by Alcimage 2.1® Computerized Biophotogrammetry and disturbances by the Nordic Questionnaire of Musculoskeletal Symptoms. Statistical analysis was performed in SPSS version 23.0, using the Shapiro-Wilk test (n<50) to determine data normality, to compare posture data before and after the program, Student's t - test was used for parametric data and Wilcoxon for non-parametric data and to compare musculoskeletal symptoms before and after the program, the Mcnemar test was used. Adopted significance level p<0.05. The sample was composed of 29 seniors, 27 women, mean age of 69.71 years and, a mean BMI of 27.60 kg/m2. Statistically significant differences were found before and after the program in the posture of the angles of head inclination (p = 0.04), of the iliac crest-ASIS in the right lateral view (p = 0.03), and between the trochanterline joint in the left lateral view (p = 0.00). Regarding musculoskeletal disorders, no statistically significant differences were found. It was observed that the program was effective in improving the body awareness of the elderly, an extremely important gain for the posture of the elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ABSTRACT The ordinary least squares (OLS) can be affected by errors associated with heteroscedasticity and outliers, and extreme points can influence the regression parameters. Methods based on the median rather than on the mean and variance are more resistant to outliers and extreme points. These methods could be used to obtain regression parameter estimates that reflect more accurately the genuine relationship between the Y and X variables, leading to better identification of outliers and extreme points by comparing the slopes and intercepts of both methods. The Theil-Sen (TS) regression computes all possible pairwise slopes and determines the median of slopes as the regression slope. Here, we illustrated the potential use of TS and frequently used robust regression (RR) techniques to single linear regression using synthetic datasets and a practical problem in animal science. Three synthetic datasets were created assuming the normal distribution of Y and X values: one was free of outliers, while the other two had one or two clusters of outliers but the same X values. The TS, OLS, and RR had nearly identical regression parameter estimates for the dataset without synthetic outliers. However, the intercept and slope estimates by the OLS method differed considerably from the TS and RR methods when one or two clusters of outliers were included. The TS approach could be used to indirectly determine the presence of outliers or extreme points by comparing the 95 % confidence interval of the TS and OLS parameter estimates.

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) may reduce postoperative complications of obesity-associated restrictive pulmonary syndrome. We evaluated the effects of NIV use after extubation in patients undergoing bariatric surgery on acute changes in lung function. A randomized clinical trial was performed with patients in the immediate postoperative period of bariatric surgery. The intervention group used NIV for 1 hour after arrival at the post-anesthesia recovery room, the control group received standard care. Pulmonary function assessment was performed preoperatively, immediately after surgery and 1 hour after arrival in the recovery room. Statistical analysis was performed using the Generalized Estimation Equations test and Bonferroni's post-hoc test. The significance level adopted was 0.05. A total of 46 individuals were evaluated, of which 31 were able to perform spirometry in the pre and immediate postoperative period. The sample consisted of 25 women, mean age of 42.55 ± 10.39 years and mean Body Mass Index of 50.82 ± 10.20. Preoperative spirometry showed that most patients had mild restrictive disorders (46.7% versus 43.8%) or no respiratory disorder (40% versus 31.3%). In the post-extubation evaluation, most patients had severe restrictive disorder (66.7% versus 53.8%), after one hour in the recovery room, 64.3% versus 60% of patients had severe restriction and 21.4% versus 20% severe obstruction. It was concluded that the use of prophylactic NIV did not improve pulmonary function in the immediate postoperative period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering the expanded concept of health and the possibility of interdisciplinary dialogues, the Paraíba Valley and North Coast of São Paulo became an object of investigation based on an analysis of the geographic distribution of professionals and health establishments, whose objective was to examine their Care Network to Health, in order to identify possible independence in the organization of the urban network regarding the distribution of health services and bring thoughts and new assumptions to a preliminary discussion in the perspective of an integrated planning. The methodology used combined bibliographical and historical research with quantitative analysis based on statistical data from sources such as IBGE, RAIS, DATASUS and SEADE. Due to limitations, the results were not sufficient to state whether there is indeed a regional imbalance in the health care network, however, possible research developments were identified, and data analyzed allow the conclusion that there is a historical reproduction of socio-territorial inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the present study was to compare BP after a concurrent training session (CT) and playful activities (LA) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) and to analyse the contribution of peripheral resistance and baroreflex in BP. Fifteen people living with HIV participated in the study, 9 women and 6 men aged 50.54 ± 10.81 years, time of ART use of 9.17 ± 4.97 years. All volunteers participated in one session of HT, one session of AL, and one session of control (CC). BP and heart rate (HR) were measured before and after the interventions for analyses of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), total peripheral resistance (TPR) and low frequency (LF). The Shapiro-Wilk, Friedman, and Wilcoxon tests were performed; the significance level was p<0.05. Spearman's correlation coefficient test and Gohen's test (d) were also used to calculate the effect size. There was a statistically significant decrease in SBP and DBP after TC (SBP: before = 123 ± 14 mmHg; after = 114 ± 8 mmHg; DBP: before = 82 ± 11 mmHg; after = 74 ± 6 mmHg) and AL (SBP: before = 122 ± 15 mmHg; after = 115 ± 10 mmHg; DBP: before = 81 ± 11 mmHg; after = 76 ± 10 mmHg). There was a statistically significant increase in PTR in CC (PTR: before = 14.67 ± 3.06 mmHg·min-1·L; after = 15.57 ± 2.84 mmHg·min-1·L) and a statistically significant decrease in PTR and LF after TC (PTR: before = 15.85 ± 4.48 mmHg·min-1·L; after = 13.48 ± 4.55 mmHg·min-1·L; LF: before = 400.86 ± 376.68 ms²; after = 212.05 ± 252.19 ms²). We can conclude that both HT and AL cause hypotension in PLHIV. Both interventions can be applied to this population in order to improve cardiovascular health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aimed to investigate differences between patients with and without anxiety in terms of symptomatology and comorbidities and to find out whether patients with depression and with anxiety have more anxiety than patients who do not have depression and anxiety. For this purpose, a statistical analysis was carried out, which included a descriptive analysis that followed the verification of the distributions of the variables of the questionnaires in the groups, and an inferential analysis in which it was The dimension of some questionnaires was reduced and latent variables were constructed, possibly more discriminative in relation to the groups, and the variables with the greatest predictive power for anxiety were identified. According to the results, the variables that most showed relationships with anxiety were the following: Gender, Reduced Hamilton Score, BSI Somatization, Age and MINI Depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The tragic event of the war in Ukraine has prompted the EU to promote welfare-type educational policies, such as those expressed in the Cohesion's Actions for Refugees (CARE), and to rely on a large amount of statistical data. The category of the Ukrainian refugee, developed through this type of knowledge, is framed in the article as an expression of a positivistic-inferential process. This is prominent in industrial societies and is interpreted through the key concepts of «probability» and «normal state», explored in The Taming of Chance (1990) by Ian Hacking. The history of the present, that emerges from these analytical concepts, can help to relativize the evidence of contemporary international policy making. This allows us to reflect on the ongoing normalization towards the Ukrainian refugee. The educational action is deprived of the relational generative potential to be caged within the dichotomy between the needy refugee student and the Western actors who “save”.

Based on ethnographic research and document analysis, the article analyzes the implementation of electronic monitoring of offenders in Maranhão during the years following the massacres at the Pedrinhas Penitentiary Complex. Statistical data on the growth of the Maranhão prison population and the development of monitoring programs between 2014 and 2018 are also mobilized. The text recovers Chico de Oliveira's concept of "platypus" to describe the coupling between the old and the new, the archaic and the modern, the filthy and the aseptic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To analyze how much democracy, economic freedom and go-vernance influence the flow of direct external investments in countries, considering the Population Index and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as control variables. Method: Statistical analysis through structu-ral equation modeling that made it possible to simultaneously analyze multiple variables in 144 countries on six continents, from 2008 to 2018. Main Results: It was confirmed that democracy, economic freedom, and governance influence the flow of direct external investments and how much each of them does so. Another finding is that the size of the po-pulation has a greater influence than the independent variables studied. Relevance / Originality: Previous studies have devoted themselves to analyzing the impact of one or other factors on the flow of direct exter-nal investments, but the results among the studies remain controversial. Theoretical / Methodological Contributions: The article used the me-thod of modeling structural equations, which allowed us to analyze how much variables influence the flow of direct external investments. No ar-ticles were found that analyzed these variables together and how much each influenced the flow of direct external investments in the countries. Social Contributions / Contributions to the Management: Foreign di-rect investment contributes to the development of the countries that receive these investments, understanding which factors are most attrac-tive to investors allows countries to adopt policies and develop more assertive actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study proposes, by means of descriptive research, an analysis of the performances of Petrolina/PE and Juazeiro/BA in recent years regarding indicators about work (occupied population and personnel and local facilities) and income (average monthly wages), including some comparisons of these data with those of Pernambuco, Bahia and Brazil in the same period of time. Members of an integrated development administrative region and bathed by the San Francisco River, Petrolina and Juazeiro are known nationally for holding a strong agribusiness. Based on information made available by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), it was found that both of them achieved good performances concerning work indicators, with advantage for the city from Pernambuco. However, they obtained poor results as to the income indicator, showing that there is still a long way to go until these average wages at least match those of the respective states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The demand for food is growing on the planet, and for this it is necessary to adopt intensive fertilization practices, which in many cases are expensive and harmful to the environment. In order to minimize this problem, there are techniques for the production of organic compounds, which use the waste and remains of rural property. Based on the above, the objective is to evaluate the effect of applying a solution of soil microorganisms in the composting process of Zoysia japonica. First, the obtaining and multiplication of soil microorganisms was carried out according to the methodology proposed by Bonfin et al., which after its stabilization determined its pH and total solids. For composting, 3 treatments were set up with 5 repetitions each. In all treatments, the products were placed in layers of 1 kg of emerald grass and 1.6 kg of cattle manure. In Treatment 2 and Treatment 3, in addition to the layers, 20 mL.L-1 and 30 mL.L-1 of soil microorganism were added respectively. Statistical analysis was ANOVA, in a factorial scheme. Afterwards, the chemical analysis of the slurry was carried out, with the solids in water, total solids, fixed solids, volatile solids, total soluble solids and pH being determined. Although the analysis was not significant, the use of MS influenced the composting process, where T2 was 35.76% higher than T1 and 41.06% higher than T3 in terms of volume reduction. In addition to accelerating the decomposition process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current period of capitalism is marked by the globalization of commodity flows and the insertion of countries in increasingly globalized circuits. In this sense, the concept of spatial circuit of production has emphasized the role of fixed and flows in the ordering of the sub-stages of production, making it possible to understand the part of these spaces in the overall productive process. This article analyses the spatial circuit of black pepper production in Brazil and its interrelation with the global market. To do so, we resorted to bibliographic review and statistical data available in IBGE, COMEX STAT and International Trade Centre databases, which reveal that Brazil is one of the main producers and exporters of this commodity in the world and that its production is concentrated in the states of Espírito Santo and Pará, while the exportation of the grain is commanded by companies located in the states of Pará, Espírito Santo and São Paulo, although the outflow and circulation, interconnecting Brazil to the global scale, is done through the ports of Santos, Belém and Rio de Janeiro, which monopolize 99% of the flow of this product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article, I develop a framework that divides global value chains into regional and extra-regional and studies the participation of Latin American countries in international fragmentation of production along 25 years of globalization. Measures of depth, position, and length are developed for each kind of value chain. Between 1990 and 2015 the engagement in activities related to international trade increased in every country in Latin America and the prevalent way of integration is in Extra Regional Value Chains. While South America engages mostly in value chains as a source of value added transformed by others, Central America participates more as end of chains and Mexico switched its position to a net forward position in regional value chains. Finally, the article examines the relationship between participation and length of the domestic segment of chains, finding differences among the kind of participation that each country performs.

La relación entre empleo y crecimiento económico reviste gran interés para la literatura económica. Si bien la prociclicidad del empleo es materia conocida, las estimaciones de elasticidades para países como Argentina son escasas. Empleando un modelo autorregresivo de rezagos distribuidos (ARDL), este trabajo estima la elasticidad del empleo formal respecto del producto y del tipo de cambio real a partir de registros administrativos para el período 2007-2019. Los resultados indican una prociclicidad pequeña en el corto plazo pero considerable en el largo plazo. Adicionalmente, al dividir el empleo en sectores productivos (siguiendo dos niveles de desagregación diferentes), se observan patrones sectoriales no triviales que señalan la importancia de la estructura productiva en la generación de empleo formal. La sensibilidad al tipo de cambio, aunque pequeña a nivel agregado, adopta valores relevantes en sectores cuya inserción productiva los hace típicamente exportadores o importadores netos. Por último, se provee evidencia de distintas elasticidades según el tamaño de las firmas y el signo de los movimientos en el producto.