Brazil Data Commons provides Brazil-level data aggregated from a wide range of sources into a single portal under a common schema. Brazil Data Commons is powered by Data Commons
One possible area of study is to investigate the recent evolution monthly labor income in Brazil. The basic analysis allows one to observe how wages are evolving in the coutnry and to identify periods of faster growth or stagnation. The figure that illustrates the main page of the web-site shows the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the increase of income for brazilian workers.
The data collected, contrary to other instances, have information at the municipal level in Brazil. The project has information on life expectancy at birth for all 5500 brazilian localities. Life expectancy is an interesting measure of social and economic development and allows one to identify regional differences in more general terms
The project provides data for Brazil, but one can also access similar information for different countries. One area of interest, is to compare the evolution of educational level in Brazil to other developed and developing countries over time.
