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The main objective of this work was to analyze the behavior of the inequality in the distribution of the Household Income per capita (RDPC) portions, focusing on the contribution of the Bolsa Família Program portion, between 2012 and 2019, based on data from the National Sample Survey of Households (PNAD). As a methodology, the Gini Index and its decomposition into 11 plots of the RDPC were used. During the period studied, the Gini Index showed an increase of 0.030, an accumulated increase of 0.55%, with a peak of 0.545, in 2018. The participation of the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) in the composition of the RDPC, as well as its concentration ratio, the degree of progressiveness, the percentage participation in the composition of the Gini Index, the composition-effect, the concentration-effect and the total effect. The BFP share proved to be highly progressive, showing low concentration ratio values throughout the series, which reached -0.646 in 2019, and a degree of progressivity of -1.188. Finally, the plot showed that it helped to increase the concentration of income during the crisis period (between 2015 and 2019) with a total effect of 6.28%, however this value is explained by the reduction in the scope of the program, caused by a reduction undue, during the crisis in the Brazilian economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The expansion of admissions to higher education in Brazil in the 2000s and 2010s was the result of public policies to increase the net attendance rate (NAR), combined to reduce social and regional inequalities. This article explores the concepts of "appropriated physical space" and "reified social space" addressed by Pierre Bourdieu (2003) in The Misery of the World, specifically in the text "Effects of Place", in order to verify whether the expansion of places in the State of Rio de Janeiro has achieved an expression of democratization, considering not only the distribution of access opportunities in the different immediate geographical regions of the State but also the per capita household income profile of students. We used data from the 2000 and 2010 censuses in the analysis, and the results point to the maintenance of inequalities, highlighting the presence of the state as an essential actor in the project of democratizing higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last four decades, the Chinese socio-spatial formation has become the most significant commercial, industrial, and financial power worldwide. Internally, in 1978, the annual GDP growth was 11.3%, and its average real growth was 2.3% in 2020. Per capita income went from US$ 194.80 in 1980 to US$ 10,434.78 in 2020. Externally, China exported US$ 325 billion and imported US$ 295 billion in 2002. In 2020, the exports were US$ 2.5 trillion and imports US$ 2.0 trillion. In turn, the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) increased from US$ 830 million in 1990 to US$ 110.2 billion in the same period. This rise of China in the world economy has led different authors to emphasize the Chinese imperialist and geopolitical strategies. Contrary to these assertions, the text hypothesizes that the Chinese dynamics in the post-2000 world economy characterize geo-economic strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The role of modal infrastructure in economic growth is under constant debate among policymakers. This work aims to evaluate the effect of road concessions on the economic growth of Santa Catarina from 2007 to 2018. To achieve this goal, the model of differences in differences was used in its traditional and spatial version. In general, in the fixed effect estimates, the results showed that there is a positive effect of concessions on the GDP per capita of the municipalities and that there is a positive spillover effect mainly in the period from 2014 to 2016. These results may indicate that the improvement in infrastructure reduces the cost of transport, which facilitates labor mobility, generating agglomeration economies in more developed cities, given that the municipalities that received the concessional stretches are in regions with higher GDP per capita. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper proposes an assessment of the determinants of economic development based on the developmental theory of state proposed by Peter Evans (1995). The paper uses a longitudinal data methodology for 174 countries from 2013 to 2018 and implements different estimation techniques to identify whether variations in per capita GDP can be explained by the countries' level of autonomy and partnership. As a result, it was identified that the ability of the state to be autonomous and partner - reflected in greater property rights, freedom of investment and financial freedom - indeed positively influences the level of economic development of countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The growth of Brazilian urbanization in recent decades has pointed to a spatial deconcentration in the sense that medium-sized cities have grown more than the large metropolises. In this context, the study sought to identify these growth patterns, using models of spatial econometrics and tested the hypothesis of conditional convergence of these cities in Northeast Brazil. Estimates were made considering two periods: 1991-2000 and 1991-2016. The robustness of the tests pointed to the need to incorporate the neighborhood effect in econometric models. Thus, spatial error models (SEM) and spatial lag model (SLM) were estimated. The tests indicated the SEM model as more appropriate. Thus, the conditional convergence hypothesis was accepted. That is, smaller medium-sized cities grow faster than larger ones and all in the direction of long-term equilibrium. Better infrastructure, health and per capita income act to increase economic growth, whereas illiteracy and income concentration have the opposite effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The present text analyzes the economic growth of Paraná under a long-term view and with the subsequent intention of pointing out possibilities of future trajectory. The task begins with dimensioning some key parameters derived from the history of recent decades and proceeds using it in prospective exercises. Given the declining pace of expansion of the available labor force expected for the years ahead and the productivity status of the Paraná economy, these exercises explore possibilities for the expansion of income and per capita income. Given the average pattern of per capita income advancement recorded in recent decades, it is concluded that a consistent long-term growth above historic trend should call for reasonable increases in the savings rate and especially in the productivity rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that one-third of the food produced in the world is wasted or lost along the food supply chains; with 46% of the losses in the sales process and by consumer habits. Objective: This study aimed to quantify and analyze the effectiveness of an intervention for awareness to combat food waste in a supply and nutrition unit. Method: Per capita index of rest-ingestion was applied. The collection of this data was done for 2 days, being 10 days before, 5 days during and 10 days after the awareness campaign. Results: There was a reduction of the per capita mean rest-ingestion from 60.0 ± 14.9 to 39.3 ± 13.4; this data agreed with works in the literature on the subject. It was also possible to account for a decrease in the average financial cost of around 34.6%. Conclusion: It was found in this study that the lack of awareness of diners contributes significantly to the high food waste, because it was notorious the reduction of the indicator of rest-ingestion waste after intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The sugarcane ethanol industry is relevant to the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, since in the cities where the plants are installed, on average, their development and per capita income indicators showed an increase of approximately 20%, as well as considerable population growth, among other benefits. Realizing the relevance of the industry for the region, we sought to analyze the following research question "Are the sugar and ethanol plants in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul showing signs of bankruptcy in the coming periods?". To address the question, three tools were used to signal the risk of bankruptcy, based on the organization's solvency: Kanitz (1974), Elizabetsky (1976) and Sanvicente e Minardi (1998). The research result indicates that the analyzed companies are in an alert situation related to their solvency, according to the tools of Elizabetsky (1976) and Sanvicente and Minardi (1998). The study also allowed us to identify structural problems related to the Kanitz (1974), due to basic mathematical principles ends up distorting the results of the tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the behavior of the Grubel-Lloyd indices of intra-industry trade between Brazil and other Mercosur members from 2011 to 2018. From these indices, the temporal evolution of sectoral results and possible structural and conjunctural explanations for the results are presented. A brief comparison is made with previous studies and Grubel and Lloyd theoretical predictions in order to assess the degree to which the obtained results corroborate theory. Next, an econometric investigation is presented aiming at showing the main intra-industrial trade determinants between Brazil and its Mercosur partners. In the analyzed period, the indices follow a downward trend, being mostly higher for more differentiated products and lower in sectors more related to commodity trade. Econometric analysis shows that intra-industrial trade between Brazil and its Mercosur partners is negatively influenced by differences between resource endowment and per capita income, which explains the low volume of intra-industrial trade between the countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research aimed to quantify and to analyze the social spending of the government of Mato Grosso do Sul in the period from 2013 to 2017. In the measurement of social expenditure, the functions Education, Culture, Health, Basic Sanitation, Work, Social Assistance and Security, Housing and Urbanism, Public Security, Judiciary and Essential to Justice, Environmental Management, Science and Technology, and Transport were considered. The results demonstrated that social spending of the government of Mato Grosso do Sul increased its relative participation in the total revenue, in the net current revenue and in the total expenditure, in real and per capita terms, despite the government’s budget deficit. The priority of the state government was social spending, associated with positive externalities, which contributed to the improvement of the population’s quality of life of this federative unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the ecological footprint of meat consumption and the need for awareness about the environmental impacts related to this consumption. The study was conducted with Instagram users and found that the studied population consumes a significant amount of red meat, without much awareness of the environmental effects. Comparing the collected data with IBGE data, an increase in annual consumption of red meat per capita was observed. Therefore, scientific education programs are needed to increase awareness on the subject. [Extracted from the article]

Objetivo: A pesquisa objetivou identificar a receita per capita nos municípios catarinenses com base na Receita Corrente Líquida e a relação existente entre receitas próprias, transferências com a capacidade de cada município. Metodologia: O estudo que ora se apresenta, quanto aos objetivos como descritiva, pois busca analisar a receita pública per capita, analogamente aos procedimentos caracteriza-se como documental, pois torna possível, a partir dos relatórios publicados, em relação à abordagem do problema, como pesquisa quantitativa, com emprego de valores e suas correlações. O período em análise compreende os anos de 2015 e 2016. A amostra consiste nos 295 municípios catarinenses. Resultados: Os resultados apontam que, na estratificação e análise, a Receita Corrente Líquida Per Capita por porte de Município, aos quais, os municípios com maior porte possuem, proporcionalmente, melhor distribuição da arrecadação municipal, que culmina na maior capacidade de enfrentamento às demandas sociais. Na média da Receita Corrente Líquida Per Capita dos municípios Catarinenses, nos anos de 2015 e 2016, foi de R$ 3.332,61, com uma variação entre a receita per capita mínima e máxima de R$ 1.377,24 e R$ 8.055,16, o que demonstra haver discrepância significativa entre os municípios analisados. Contribuições do Estudo: Considerando os valores recebidos pelos municípios catarinenses, a pesquisa procurou demonstrar e esclarecer a influência de valores recebidos da União e do Estado por ente para investimentos e manutenção das atividades, em função da divisão populacional e porte de cada município, sendo informações uteis e relevantes para o planejamento e captação de recursos para aplicação em benefício da população.

During 31 days, this study determined and evaluated the amount of salt (sodium chloride) per capita used in the preparation of the lunch meals in a public hospital food service in the City of Natal, RN, Brazil. The quantification of the salt was done through the weighing of the salt container in the beginning and at the end of lunch preparation. After that, the total amount found on each day was divided by the number of meals (750), and then the per capita amounts were compared to the maximum intake recomentation (5 g/day), and the maximum amount of salt estimated to be used for preparing lunch (2.5 g/day) in the food service studied, considering that this meal is planned to provide diners 50% of their caloric needs, even though the amount of salt used in the preparation of a meal does not necessarily represents the salt ingested, and plate waste should be considered as a modifying factor to salt intake. The results showed the per capita amounts of salt used for cooking lunch varied from 1.33 g to 5.87 g, and the average for the 31 days was 3.11 g. Only 14 days (45%) were under the limit line established for lunch. The lowest and highest results could be associated to cooking techniques and ingredients required in the menu. The findings of this study are important since they provide support to the implantation of a control system for the distribution of salt from the storeroom to the kitchen, as well as data to elaborate guiding material to food handlers, and also campaign material that can be used to sensitize both the food service team and dinners (employees, patients and patient companions) about the use and consumption of salt, helping to decrease the health risks associated to a high-sodium diet.

In recent years, economic literature has explored several works on the possibility of convergence, among the various Brazilian states, with respect to São Paulo. However, articles are not available correlating the Brazilian states with the United States. The main reason for changing this research focus is the very heterogeneous character of the Brazilian economy. Far from achieving definitive results, this paper sets out to open a discussion about what would be happening to the per capita income of the large Brazilian regions against the US economy. To perform this work, data from IBGE and IPEADATA and New Maddison Project Database were used from 1985 to 2016 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An analysis of the spatial distribution of high and medium-high technology exports from Paraná is presented here, involving the spatial association between exports and the state's per capita GDP. To this end, export data for the years 2010 and 2018 were disaggregated through a harmonized system of technological classification and categorization following the classification of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the exploratory analysis of the spatial data, the scatterings were determined by the Moran Index, with the clusters represented in LISA maps. The results indicate an increase both in the number of exporting municipalities and in the portfolio of exported products in the period under analysis. The application of Moran's shows an increase in the spatial autocorrelation of exports. Conversely, a reduction is observed in the degree of spatial association between high and medium-high technology exports and the state's per capita GDP. Such results point to a weak relationship between high and medium-high technology exports and GDP, which makes such associations more spatially dispersed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present study we sought to analyze the spatial distribution of poverty of the municipalities in Alagoas, based on the concept of absolute poverty. For this purpose, we used the technical analysis exploratory spatial data and spatial econometrics models. The database used in this research was obtained from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Among the results, we can highlight three: a) there is a strong intraregional discrepancy in the state, especially between East and "Sertão" mesoregions; b) there is an inverse relationship between poverty and the variables per capita income and urbanization rate, while the opposite occurs with respect to the Gini index and c) there is a spatial dependence of poverty, in other words, there is a degree of similarity between the municipalities analyzed, so that poverty in a municipality is explained partly by poverty in neighboring municipalities. These results are relevant, because they provide evidence related to the importance of spatial dependence on the poverty of the Alagoas's municipalities, being useful to support public policies that promote the development of these localities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research aimed to identify explanatory factors of the economic efficiency of the Brazilian capital cities in the allocation of the expenditure with actions and public health services, from 2006 to 2015. In thus, the research used the regression analysis by Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), with panel data and random effects, taking as sample 25 Brazilian capitals cities. It was used as a dependent variable the efficiency scores calculated in the research of Silva, Gomes, Barbosa e Lucena (2018) and as explanatory variables, exogenous factors over which managers do not have control in short time. The results of the research show that three variables were significant: the per capita gross domestic product, the rate of urbanization and the percentage of the population benefited by the provision of potable water. Therefore, it can be concluded that the efficiency of health expenditure is not only the result of institutional factors management, but also requires investments in other areas, such as income generation and distribution, water supply and urbanization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: The objective of this research was to identify the per capita income in the municipalities of Santa Catarina based on Net Current Revenue and the relation between own revenues, transfers with the capacity of each municipality. Methodology: The present study, regarding the objectives as descriptive, as it seeks to analyze public revenue per capita, analogous to procedures is characterized as documentary, since it makes possible, from the published reports, in relation to the approach to the problem, as quantitative research, using values and their correlations. The period under analysis comprises the years 2015 and 2016. The sample consists of 295 municipalities in Santa Catarina. Results: The results show that, in the stratification and analysis, the Per Capita Net Current Revenue by size of Municipality, to which the larger municipalities have, proportionally, a better distribution of the municipal collection, which culminates in a greater capacity to cope with the demands social policies. On average, the per capita net current revenue of the municipalities of Catarinenses in the years 2015 and 2016 was R$ 3,332.61, with a variation between the minimum and maximum per capita income of R$ 1,377.24 and R$ 8,055.16, which shows a significant discrepancy between the analyzed municipalities. Contributions of the Study: Considering the values received by the municipalities of Santa Catarina, the research sought to demonstrate and clarify the influence of values received from the Union and the State for investment and maintenance of activities, depending on the population and size of each municipality. the planning and funding of resources for the benefit of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is an empirical study on the relationship between public spending and the formation of per capita GDP in Paraná municipalities for the year 2010. Therefore, a spatial econometric model was used in order to check whether this relationship between public spending and GDP per capita has spillover effects to other municipalities. The results show that public expenditure has significant and positive impact on GDP per capita of municipalities and have spatial externality. Therefore, it is concluded that municipal governments should seek to promote GDP growth allocating their spending in areas that seek to ensure a better investment structure and must be coordinated between neighboring municipalities so that the growth of a city promotes the growth of surrounding cities, which means a gain for the region as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper evaluated the public incentives to clusters impact on GDP per capita of cities in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where these clusters were identifi ed. We applied the methodology and OLS Estimation of Differences in Differences to capture the effect of support to clusters on GDP per capita. For specifi c clusters selected, only the cluster of farm machinery and implements a positive impact on GDP per capita statistically signifi cant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed to analyze the expansion and convergence of the Human Development Index and Gross Domestic Product per capita in the municipalities of Mato Grosso do Sul in the year 2000 to 2010. The results showed that there was convergence and socio-economic progress, and that thematic maps are important analytical sources for local and regional public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]