The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows
This paper studies gross worker flows to explain the rising informality in Brazilian metropolitan labor markets from 1983 to 2002. This period covers two economic cycles, several stabilization plans, a far-reaching trade liberalization, and change...
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING ATTRITION AVERAGE WAGE BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CALCULATIONS CHECKS COMPULSORY CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTION CRISES CURRENCY DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT DISMISSAL DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ELDERLY EMERGENCY CARE EMPLOYMENT SPELLS EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL SHOCKS FEDERAL RESERVE FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINDING JOBS FIRING COSTS FIRM SIZE GROSS WAGE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANTS INCOME INCOME SOURCE INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS INFLATION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATIONS JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB DESTRUCTION RATES JOB SECURITY JOB SEPARATION JOBS LABOR CODE LABOR CONTRACT LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PERSPECTIVE LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR TURNOVER LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LAYOFFS MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MARKET SHARE MATERNITY LEAVE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS MEDICAL CARE MIGRATION MINIMUM PENSIONS MINIMUM WAGES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOTIVATION NATURE OF HEALTH NEW JOBS NUMBER OF WORKERS OLD-AGE ORGANIZED LABOR PENSION PENSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PREVIOUS JOB PREVIOUS WORK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROTECTION RATE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HOSPITALS QUESTIONNAIRE REASSIGNMENT RECESSION RENTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT DECISION RURAL AREAS SALARIED EMPLOYMENT SALARIED WORKERS SALARIES SALARY SCHOOL HOURS SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL SERVICES STOCKS TERMINATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNION DENSITY UNIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS VACATION PAY WAGE FLEXIBILITY WAGE GAP WAGE RATE WAGE RIGIDITIES WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING AGES WORKING HOURS YEARS OF SERVICES |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING ATTRITION AVERAGE WAGE BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CALCULATIONS CHECKS COMPULSORY CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTION CRISES CURRENCY DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT DISMISSAL DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ELDERLY EMERGENCY CARE EMPLOYMENT SPELLS EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL SHOCKS FEDERAL RESERVE FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINDING JOBS FIRING COSTS FIRM SIZE GROSS WAGE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANTS INCOME INCOME SOURCE INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS INFLATION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATIONS JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB DESTRUCTION RATES JOB SECURITY JOB SEPARATION JOBS LABOR CODE LABOR CONTRACT LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PERSPECTIVE LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR TURNOVER LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LAYOFFS MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MARKET SHARE MATERNITY LEAVE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS MEDICAL CARE MIGRATION MINIMUM PENSIONS MINIMUM WAGES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOTIVATION NATURE OF HEALTH NEW JOBS NUMBER OF WORKERS OLD-AGE ORGANIZED LABOR PENSION PENSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PREVIOUS JOB PREVIOUS WORK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROTECTION RATE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HOSPITALS QUESTIONNAIRE REASSIGNMENT RECESSION RENTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT DECISION RURAL AREAS SALARIED EMPLOYMENT SALARIED WORKERS SALARIES SALARY SCHOOL HOURS SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL SERVICES STOCKS TERMINATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNION DENSITY UNIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS VACATION PAY WAGE FLEXIBILITY WAGE GAP WAGE RATE WAGE RIGIDITIES WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING AGES WORKING HOURS YEARS OF SERVICES Bosch, Mariano Goni, Edwin Maloney, William The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows |
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Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4375 |
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This paper studies gross worker flows to
explain the rising informality in Brazilian metropolitan
labor markets from 1983 to 2002. This period covers two
economic cycles, several stabilization plans, a far-reaching
trade liberalization, and changes in labor legislation
through the Constitutional reform of 1988. First, focusing
on cyclical patterns, the authors confirm that for Brazil,
the patterns of worker transitions between formality and
informality correspond primarily to the job-to-job dynamics
observed in the United States, and not to the traditional
idea of the informal queuing for jobs in a segmented market.
However, the analysis also confirms 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, the paper finds the rise in informality
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
rising labor costs and reduced flexibility arising from
Constitutional reform. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Bosch, Mariano Goni, Edwin Maloney, William |
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Bosch, Mariano Goni, Edwin Maloney, William |
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Bosch, Mariano |
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The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows |
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The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows |
| title_full |
The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows |
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The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows |
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The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows |
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determinants of rising informality in brazil : evidence from gross worker flows |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8466542/determinants-rising-informality-brazil-evidence-gross-worker-flows http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7365 |
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okr-10986-73652021-04-23T14:02:34Z The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows Bosch, Mariano Goni, Edwin Maloney, William ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING ATTRITION AVERAGE WAGE BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CALCULATIONS CHECKS COMPULSORY CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTION CRISES CURRENCY DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT DISMISSAL DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ELDERLY EMERGENCY CARE EMPLOYMENT SPELLS EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL SHOCKS FEDERAL RESERVE FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINDING JOBS FIRING COSTS FIRM SIZE GROSS WAGE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANTS INCOME INCOME SOURCE INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS INFLATION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATIONS JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB DESTRUCTION RATES JOB SECURITY JOB SEPARATION JOBS LABOR CODE LABOR CONTRACT LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PERSPECTIVE LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR TURNOVER LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LAYOFFS MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MARKET SHARE MATERNITY LEAVE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS MEDICAL CARE MIGRATION MINIMUM PENSIONS MINIMUM WAGES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOTIVATION NATURE OF HEALTH NEW JOBS NUMBER OF WORKERS OLD-AGE ORGANIZED LABOR PENSION PENSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PREVIOUS JOB PREVIOUS WORK PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROTECTION RATE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HOSPITALS QUESTIONNAIRE REASSIGNMENT RECESSION RENTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT DECISION RURAL AREAS SALARIED EMPLOYMENT SALARIED WORKERS SALARIES SALARY SCHOOL HOURS SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL SERVICES STOCKS TERMINATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNION DENSITY UNIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS VACATION PAY WAGE FLEXIBILITY WAGE GAP WAGE RATE WAGE RIGIDITIES WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING AGES WORKING HOURS YEARS OF SERVICES This paper studies gross worker flows to explain the rising informality in Brazilian metropolitan labor markets from 1983 to 2002. This period covers two economic cycles, several stabilization plans, a far-reaching trade liberalization, and changes in labor legislation through the Constitutional reform of 1988. First, focusing on cyclical patterns, the authors confirm that for Brazil, the patterns of worker transitions between formality and informality correspond primarily to the job-to-job dynamics observed in the United States, and not to the traditional idea of the informal queuing for jobs in a segmented market. However, the analysis also confirms 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, the paper finds the rise in informality 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 rising labor costs and reduced flexibility arising from Constitutional reform. 2012-06-06T22:04:48Z 2012-06-06T22:04:48Z 2007-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8466542/determinants-rising-informality-brazil-evidence-gross-worker-flows http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7365 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4375 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |