The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is the main pest of fruit crops worldwide due to its broad distribution, direct damages, and adaptation to different hosts. Developing diets for the rearing fruit flies is essential for integrated management of this pest. Mass rearing of parasitoids, selection of preferred hosts, and mass rearing of genetically modified C. c...
This paper evaluates the long-run effects of economic instability. In particular, we study the impact of idiosyncratic shocks to father’s income on children’s human capital accumulation variables such as school drop-outs, repetition rates and domestic and non-domestic labor. Although, the problem of child labor in Brazil has declined greatly during the last decade, the number of children working is still substa...
Este artigo persegue três objetivos complementares: i) avaliar comparativamente os indicadores sociais das crianças. ii) analisar as consequencias de longo prazo derivadas do bom desempenho infantil. iii) por último , e mais importante, analisar os determinantes micro e macroeconômicos da repetência escolar, evasão escolar e do trabalho infantil. Ou seja avaliamos os efeitos de longo prazo da instabilidade econ...