Vol. 73 No. 4 (2022)

O ano de 2022 está praticamente encerrado e mais um desafiador período de 365 dias se avizinha. Gostaria de, inicialmente, apresentar um breve balanço da revista. Neste ano, a Revista do Serviço Público (RSP) teve, publicados, um total de 34 artigos divididos entre quatro números...

The number of visitors to a journal’s website can be used as a proxy for its impact. In this note we
use the Product Partition Dynamic Generalized Linear Model to find possible change-points in
the time series of visitors to the Revista do Serviço Público (RSP) website over the period...

The structural changes in Brazil between 2004 and 2011 are analyzed, compared to the Argentine case, and in contrast to the period from 1990 to 2003. First, it is evaluated whether the structural changes within the period frames induced an increase or reduction in growth in the countries. The...

Big Data (BD) has arisen as a strategic way to manage and process varied and elevated volume of information that is published these days. In this context, the purpose of this article is to investigate the adoption of Big Data (BD) for the management of financial resources related to Brazilian...

This paper evaluates the impact of a community-based intervention on suicide prevention. To do so, we exploit heterogeneity in the program’s implementation across time, allowing us to investigate the program’s effect using an event study. We focused on the Family Health Program, which aims to...

The article discusses the limits of the Brazilian public budget considering the economic-financial
and socio-political dimensions. This qualitative, bibliographic, and documentary research is
based on literature analysis and national and international standards, guidelines, and...

The social construction about sex is called gender. Gender is the basis of the sexual division of
labor and asymmetries between the sexes. To identify the distribution of men and women in the
staff of the executive branch of Santa Catarina, this article presents an unprecedented...

The role of transport infrastructure in economic growth is under constant debate among public
policy makers. Within this context, this paper aims to evaluate the effect of road concessions at
Rio Grande do Sul and the economic growth of its cities. To achieve this goal, a database...