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production. The demand for labor is determined by workers' productivity while the supply side is represented by wage curves …
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Os microempreendedores formam um grupo muito heterogêneo no Brasil, mas sobre-representados na pobreza. Este artigo examina, com base nos dados da Pesquisa da Economia Informal e Urbana de 1997 e 2003, os determinantes dos rendimentos dos microempreendedores com intuito de contribuir para o...
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In this paper we discuss the evolution of labor productivity in the formal, informal and other households units sectors … aggregate productivity grew 7% between 2001 and 2009 due to the formal sector - once informal activities contributed negatively … - and positive contributions of productivity within activities (direct effect) and from occupation's composition (occupation …
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, occupations, and in labor productivity in the formal and informal sectors, disaggregated by economic activity. Moreover, we …
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, occupations, and in labor productivity in the formal and informal sectors, disaggregated by economic activity. Moreover, we …
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In this paper we discuss the evolution of labor productivity in the formal, informal and other households units sectors … aggregate productivity grew 7% between 2001 and 2009 due to the formal sector - once informal activities contributed negatively … - and positive contributions of productivity within activities (direct effect) and from occupation's composition (occupation …
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We examine the extent to which education is a main determinant of affluence in Brazil. We focus on workers in the top 1% of the labor earnings distribution. We use university courses data from the Sample Questionnaire of the 2010 Census. Our main conclusion is that while education may be...
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This paper analyzes the Brazilian case, the transient conditions of employment levels and income distribution in the country, using micro data from the Monthly Employment Survey (PME) produced by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) to assess the effects of macroeconomic...
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This paper provides an analysis of the labor market for individuals with tertiary education in Brazil using data from the 2010 Census. Labor earnings inequality is remarkable among Brazilian workers with a bachelor's degree. Evidence indicates that heterogeneous returns across fields of study...
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This exercise contributes to the literature that relates macroeconomic cycle with the labor market, estimating an Favar model to Brazil with four variables - degree of utilization, inflation rate, Selic rate and real exchange rate - and a latent variable that summarizes the state of the labor...
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