Structural changes and labor market in Brazil

 In the present article, we attempt to identify the sources of the changes in the labor schooling level in the three main sectors of the Brazilian economy: manufacturing, services and agriculture. It was verified that, despite the changes in the product and employment among sectors, mainly...

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Autores: Camargo de Pauli, Rafael, Nakabashi, Luciano, Vaz Sampaio, Armando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/364
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/364
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:labor schooling
structural changes
demand for qualified labor
supply of qualified labor
escolaridade do trabalho
mudanças estruturais
demanda por trabalho qualificado
oferta de trabalho qualificado
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Sumario: In the present article, we attempt to identify the sources of the changes in the labor schooling level in the three main sectors of the Brazilian economy: manufacturing, services and agriculture. It was verified that, despite the changes in the product and employment among sectors, mainly in the 90s, the relative demands for qualified workers has not experimented significant changes. Moreover, in the periods in which schooling has increased more, the workers’ wage has decreased more. This fact suggests that the increase in labor qualification was mainly due to the increase of this factor supply. The structural changes had contributed, in general, in a marginal and negative way to labor force level of qualification demand in all the three sectors. JEL Classification: F16; I20; J22; J23; J24.