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The transport sector in Brazil takes second place in greenhouse gas emissions. The problem is that, despite recent efforts to promote policies of sustainable urban accessibility, the use of private modes of transport in Brazilian megacities is still high when compared to other developing nations. Alexandre Gori Maia, Cristiane Carvalho (CEQUA, Chile), Leonardo Venancio (UNICAMP), and Eduardo Dini (UNICAMP) analyzed the main motives behind adopting the modes of transport among students at the UNICAMP. The paper has been recently published at Revista Ambiente & Sociedade (access here).

Alexandre Gori Maia (UNICAMP) and Stella Zucchetti Schons (Virginia Tech) analyzed the impacts of the main extreme and gradual environmental changes on migration flows in the Brazilian Amazon. Gradual changes include historical changes in deforestation, temperature, and precipitation. Extreme changes include unexpected temperature and precipitation events. The authors show how environmental change has accelerated to the current and growing process of urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. The paper has been recently published in the journal Population and Environment.

Credit unions play an important socio-economic role in the Brazilian financial system, usually providing individual financial loans at lower interest rates when compared to traditional bank institutions. But the financial efficiency of the credit unions is a key component for the survival in a highly competitive sector that tends toward concentration. Ricardo Terranova Favalli (Central Bank of Brazil), Alexandre Gori Maia (UNICAMP) and José Maria Jardim da Silveira (UNICAMP) analyzed the impacts of governance on the financial efficiency of credit unions in Brazil. The paper was published at the RAUSP Management Journal.  

Vinicius Gaspar Garcia (in memoriam) and Alexandre Gori Maia analyzed the impacts of employment quotas for people with disability in Brazil. The employment quotas law (approved in 1991, but effectively enforced only in the 2000s) orientates companies with 100 or more employees to hire between 2% and 5% of people with disabilities, depending on the company size. The authors found positive and relevant impacts of employment quotas on occupational achievements of people with disability.  

Vinicius Gaspar Garcia unfortunately passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020. Vinicius was professor at Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP) and researcher at the Research Center on Labor Market for People with Disabilities, from the Institute of Economia (UNICAMP). Vinicius dedicated his life and scientific career to fighting physical and social barriers that prevent the participation of people with disabilities in the labor market and in the social life.