The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil: Evidence from Gross Worker Flows
dc.contributor.author | Bosch, Mariano | |
dc.contributor.author | Goni, Edwin | |
dc.contributor.author | Maloney, William | |
dc.date | 2006-10-25 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-12T18:53:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-09-12T18:53:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-09-12T18:53:24Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/55757 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper studies gross worker flows to explain the rising informality in Brazilian metropolitan labor markets from 1983-2002. This period covers two economic cycles, several stabilization plans, a farreaching trade liberalization, and changes in labor legislation through the Constitutional reform of 1988. Focusing first on cyclical patterns, we confirm Bosch and Maloney’s (2006) findings for Mexico that the patterns of worker transitions between formality and informality correspond primarily to the job-to-job dynamics observed in the US and not to the traditional idea of informality constituting the inferior sector of a segmented market. However, we also confirm distinct cyclical patterns of job finding and separation rates that lead to the informal sector absorbing more labor during downturns. Second, focusing on secular movements in gross flows and the volatility of flows, we find the rise in formality to be driven primarily by a reduction in job finding rates in the formal sector. A small fraction of this is driven by trade liberalization, and the remainder seems driven by the rising labor costs and reduced flexibility arising from Constitutional reform. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 295662 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IPC Working Paper Series No. 43 | en_US |
dc.subject | Gross worker flows, Labor market dynamics, Informality, | en_US |
dc.title | The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil: Evidence from Gross Worker Flows | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | International Policy Center (IPC); Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | London School of Economics | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | The World Bank | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/55757/4/IPC-working-paper-043-BoschGoniMaloney.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | International Policy Center (IPC) - Working Paper Series |
Files in this item
Remediation of Harmful Language
The University of Michigan Library aims to describe library materials in a way that respects the people and communities who create, use, and are represented in our collections. Report harmful or offensive language in catalog records, finding aids, or elsewhere in our collections anonymously through our metadata feedback form. More information at Remediation of Harmful Language.
Accessibility
If you are unable to use this file in its current format, please select the Contact Us link and we can modify it to make it more accessible to you.