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We investigate the effect of a family-based primary health care program (Healthly Early Childhood Program) on infant mortality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We estimate infant mortality's counterfactual trajectories using the differences-in-differences approach, combined with the use of longitudinal data for all municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Our main result is that the program reduced the number of deaths caused by external causes. The length of exposure to the program seems to potentiate the effects. For the number of deaths by general causes, there is no evidence of impact. Our findings are consistent with the nature of the program that aims to improve adults care with children. The Healthly Early Childhood Program is effective in reducing the number of avoidable deaths in infants.

Resumo: Com o presente trabalho teve-se como objetivo analisar o impacto da expansão do setor naval em razão do Programa de Mobilização da Indústria Nacional de Petróleo e Gás Natural (Prominp) no Brasil, instituído em 2003, sobre a arrecadação de impostos dos municípios afetados pela política, tendo como foco de análise o Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, onde os investimentos no setor se intensificaram a partir de 2006. Tem-se então, um painel de dados em nível municipal com as variáveis de interesse para o período de 2000 a 2012. O método utilizado para avaliar o impacto foi o de diferenças em diferenças com efeito fixo de município. Os resultados encontrados, ao considerar o principal grupo de controle da análise, o Conselho Regional de Desenvolvimento da Região Sul (Corede Sul), mostram que a expansão do setor naval impactou de forma positiva a arrecadação do Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano (IPTU) e do Imposto sobre a Propriedade de Veículos Automotores (IPVA), tendo este, no ano 2006, um aumento de 25,8% e 30,8%, respectivamente.Palavras-chave: Setor Naval. Política Pública. Tributação. Diferenças em Diferenças. Effect of the Policy of Mobilization of the Naval Sector in Rio Grande do Sul: an analysis on the municipal collection  Abstract: This study aims to analyze the impact of the expansion of naval sector due to Programa de Mobilização da Indústria Nacional de Petróleo e Gás Natural (Prominp) in Brazil, established in 2003, on the collection of taxes from the municipalities that received the intervention, focusing on the analysis for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the investments in the sector increase from 2006. Has a panel of municipal-level data with the variables of interest for the period 2000 to 2012. The method used to measure this impact was the differences in differences with fixed effect of municipalities. The results, considering the main control group analysis, Conselho Regional de Desenvolvimento da Região Sul (Corede Sul), show that the expansion of naval sector positively impacted, in 2006, the collection of the Urban Land and Territorial Tax (IPTU) and Property Tax on Motor Vehicles (IPVA) in 25.8% and 30.8%, respectively.Keywords: Naval Sector. Public Policy. Taxation. Differences in Differences.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether isolated illiteracy generates a barrier to knowledge about the Brazilian Federal Government’s Single Registry for social programs. Design/methodology/approach Based on information contained in the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios – PNAD) 2014, the propensity score matching method was combined with the algorithm proposed by Imbens (2015). The analyzed sample consists of two groups of illiterate individuals: isolated illiterates (IILs) (treatment group), which consists of only illiterate individuals who live with other illiterates; and proximate illiterates (PILs) (control group), which consists of illiterates who live with someone who is literate in the household. Findings Evidence indicates that IIL individuals are, on average, less likely to know about the single registry than PIL people. Research limitations/implications The main limitation relates to the database since the only information available in the PNAD on the access to the single registry is for the year 2014. Practical implications The evidence found in the study reinforces the need to invest in the fight against illiteracy in Brazil. Social implications Results show that a portion of the possible beneficiaries of social programs are still “invisible” to the government’s social protection networks, and this highlights the existence of possible errors of exclusion. Originality/value The paper compares two groups of illiterate people, a group that lives in an isolated illiteracy situation and the other that does not. It also assesses the effect of literacy externalities on the access to the Brazilian Single Registry.

Este estudo objetivou identificar alguns fatos que influenciaram os preços daarroba do boi gordo recebido pelo produtor, bem como realizar estimativas dessespreços para um período de quatro meses, a partir de maio de 2007. Utilizou-se ametodologia idealizada por Box-Jenkins (1976). Os resultados demonstraram que asérie em questão (01/1996-05/2007) apresentou uma quebra estrutural no períodoreferente a janeiro de 2004, fato que levou ao corte desta, sendo considerado na análiseo intervalo de fevereiro de 2004 a maio de 2007, apresentando 40 observações. Algunsacontecimentos podem ter influenciado os preços da arroba do boi gordo naquele momento;destes, um que merece destaque é o fato de que, no período foram detectados dois focosde febre aftosa nos estados do Amazonas e do Pará, o que acarretou o embargo dasexportações para Rússia.