This paper aims to analyze possible effects of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 on criminality, poverty and mortality rates in Brazilian municipalities. With this purpose, the year 2015 was analyzed for being the period when the country went through the greatest recession in recent years. The Propensity Score Matching Method was used to evaluate the impact of a sharp decrease in the Gross Domestic Product. The data surveyed showed that no difference of effect was observed in the variation of these variables between the municipalities that experienced the recession and those where there was economic growth.

Economic Crisis: Potential Effects on Criminality, Poverty and Mortality Rates –Brazilian Municipalities econômica: Efeitos potenciais na criminalidade, mortalidade

This study analyzes the process of industrial deconcentration in Brazil in the recent last years, specifically between 1996 and 2010. Historically, Sao Paulo was the state that presented the greatest concentration, as well its capital and metropolitan region. Its pinnacle of concentration happened in 1970s and since then it began to deconcentrate. This study’s results show that it continues to deconcentrate, slowly, however. The capital of the state of Sao Paulo and its metropolitan area are the places where the deconcentration process is more intense in comparison with other cities. The data also show that the deconcentration process is concentrated, which means that only medium-sized cities increased their industrial production.

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Marcelo Rodrigues

Papers

Desconcentração Industrial no Brasil: uma análise do PIB municipal entre 1996 e 2010