出版社：Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia
摘要：By virtue of the volume and nature of their attributions, including secondary
school as well as problem-areas such as security and traffic, the Brazilian states are the
ultimate responsible entities for young people. This study argues in favour of granting
greater freedom for the states to define their own public policy parameters to deal with
local features and to increase the degree of learning about such actions at the national
level. In empirical terms, the study assesses the impacts of new laws, such as the new
traffic code (from the joint work with Leandro Kume, EPGE/FGV doctor¡¯s degree
student) and traces the statistics for specific questions like drugs, violence and car
accidents. The findings show that these questions produce different results for young
men and women.The main characters in these dramas are young single males,
suggesting the need for more distinguished public policies according not only to age,
but also by gender. The study also reveals that the magnitude of these problems changes
according to the youth¡¯s social class. Prisons concern poorer men (except for the
functional illiterate) while fatal car accidents and the confessed use of drugs concern
upper-class boys
