Roots of Brazil’s Relative Economic Backwardness explains Brazil’s development level in light of modern theories regarding economic growth and international economics. It focuses on both the proximate and fundamental causes of Brazil’s slow development, turning currently dominant hypotheses upside down.
To support its arguments, the book presents extensive statistical analysis of Brazilian long-term development, with some new series on per capita GDP, population ethnical composition, and human capital stock, among others. It is an important resource in the ongoing debate on the causes of Latin American underdeveloped economies.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Historical Origins of Brazilian Relative Backwardness - p. 9 3. Chapter 3. A Simple Model of World Equilibrium With International Trade and No Restriction on Factor Mobility - p. 29 4. Chapter 4. Some Empirical Evidence on the Sources of Brazilian Current Relative Backwardness - p. 43 5. Chapter 5. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital and Its Role in Physical Capital Accumulation - p. 67 6. Chapter 6. Migration Profile and Human Capital Building in Brazil and the United States in the 19th Century - p. 85 7. Chapter 7. Genesis of Brazilian Human Capital: From Colony to the 19th Century - p. 111 8. Chapter 8. Relative Declining in the 19th Century - p. 139 9. Chapter 9. Stabilization of Relative Backwardness - p. 151 10. Chapter 10. Alternative Explanations for Brazilian Relative Backwardness - p. 169 11. Chapter 11. The Fundamental Cause of the Emergence of Relative Backwardness - p. 191 12. Chapter 12. Social Conflict as the Source of Brazilian Relative Backwardness - p. 209 13. Chapter 13. Social Conflicts and Human Capital Accumulation in the Period of Search for National Identity - p. 231 14. Chapter 14. Conclusion - p. 257 15. References - p. 265 16. Index - p. 275
Roots of Brazil’s Relative Economic Backwardness explains Brazil’s development level in light of modern theories regarding economic growth and international economics. It focuses on both the proximate and fundamental causes of Brazil’s slow development, turning currently dominant hypotheses upside down.
To support its arguments, the book presents extensive statistical analysis of Brazilian long-term development, with some new series on per capita GDP, population ethnical composition, and human capital stock, among others. It is an important resource in the ongoing debate on the causes of Latin American underdeveloped economies.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Historical Origins of Brazilian Relative Backwardness - p. 9 3. Chapter 3. A Simple Model of World Equilibrium With International Trade and No Restriction on Factor Mobility - p. 29 4. Chapter 4. Some Empirical Evidence on the Sources of Brazilian Current Relative Backwardness - p. 43 5. Chapter 5. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital and Its Role in Physical Capital Accumulation - p. 67 6. Chapter 6. Migration Profile and Human Capital Building in Brazil and the United States in the 19th Century - p. 85 7. Chapter 7. Genesis of Brazilian Human Capital: From Colony to the 19th Century - p. 111 8. Chapter 8. Relative Declining in the 19th Century - p. 139 9. Chapter 9. Stabilization of Relative Backwardness - p. 151 10. Chapter 10. Alternative Explanations for Brazilian Relative Backwardness - p. 169 11. Chapter 11. The Fundamental Cause of the Emergence of Relative Backwardness - p. 191 12. Chapter 12. Social Conflict as the Source of Brazilian Relative Backwardness - p. 209 13. Chapter 13. Social Conflicts and Human Capital Accumulation in the Period of Search for National Identity - p. 231 14. Chapter 14. Conclusion - p. 257 15. References - p. 265 16. Index - p. 275
