Some Stylized Facts of The Informal Sector in Brazil in the 1980`s end 1990`s
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- Fábio Veras Soares, 2015. "Some Stylized Facts of the Informal Sector in Brazil in the 1980’s end 1990’s," Discussion Papers 0129, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA.
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