Outsourcing may have several impacts in Brazilian labor market, especially for workers. That's why it is relevant to debate new regulations for this phenomenon, mainly legislative ones. The Bill no 4.330/2004 is one of the regulations that have been discussed in the Brazilian parliament. But...

This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. However, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its...