LABOUR MARKET IN BRAZIL: CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMALITY

Authors

  • Danilo Regis da Cunha Universidade Federal da Paraiba
  • Emanuelle Alícia Santos de Vasconcelos Universidade Federal da Paraiba
  • Juliana Patrícia Alves Pereira Universidade Federal da Paraiba
  • Ivan Targino Moreira Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Keywords:

informal sector, unemployment, labour market

Abstract

The heterogeneity of occupational characteristics and the relations between economicagents in Brazil allow therecognition of the basic profile activities from the informal sector.The aim of this article is to examine thedeterminants of inclusion in the informal labour market in Brazil’s macroregions from 2007 to 2009. The analysis will be done through thedata from PNAD. Itfollows that women, the elderly, those withless experience, among othercharacteristics, had greater participationin the informal sector.

Author Biographies

Danilo Regis da Cunha, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Emanuelle Alícia Santos de Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Juliana Patrícia Alves Pereira, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Ivan Targino Moreira, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

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Published

2014-06-30

How to Cite

Cunha, D. R. da, Vasconcelos, E. A. S. de, Pereira, J. P. A., & Moreira, I. T. (2014). LABOUR MARKET IN BRAZIL: CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMALITY. Research &Amp; Debate Journal of the Postgraduate Program in Political Economy, 25(1(45). Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rpe/article/view/20353

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1(45) (2014)

Section

Papers