Transitions in segmented labor markets the case of Brazil
When labor market economists started to work on segmented labor markets, they classified informal employment as a transitory state. At the end of the 20<UP>th</UP> century, informal employment still persists governments’ attempts to eradicate it and represents a growing labor market segm...
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| Formato: | Electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group
2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany : 2004. |
| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Goettingen Studies in Development Economics ;
Band 14. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424526906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- I Informal Employment Revisited Theoretical Concepts and Stylized Facts From Brazil
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theoretical Concepts
- 2.1 Informal Work in the Labor Theory
- 2.2 Neoclassical Labor Market Theory
- 2.2.1 The Basic Neoclassical Labor Market Model
- 2.2.2 Neoclassical Approaches to Segmentation
- 2.3 Dual Labor Market Theory
- 2.3.1 The Basic Ideas
- 2.3.2 Concepts of Segmentation
- 2.3.3 Unemployment in Segmented Labor Markets
- 2.4<
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- Some Empirical Evidence
- 3 The Brazilian Labor Market
- 3.1 The Brazilian Labor Market in the Last Two Decades
- 3.2 The Institutional Background
- 3.3 Informal Employment and Self-Employment
- 3.4 Wages and Labor-Related Costs
- 3.5 Unemployment
- 3.6 Job Rotation and Labor Market Flexibility
- 3.7 Labor Market Policies
- 3.7.1 Active Labor Market Policies
- 3.7.2 Passive Labor Market Policies
- 4 The Database
- II The Allocative Power of Informality
- 5 Introduction
- 5.1 Motivation and Aim of Part II
- 5.2 Labor Market Stepping Stones in the Literature
- 5.3 The Data
- 6 Education and Transitions in Brazil
- 6.1 Professional Education and Training
- 6.1.1 Basic Education
- 6.1.2 Vocational Training and Professional Education
- 6.2 Labor History and Transitions
- 7 Theoretical Aspects
- 7.1 The Human Capital Approach to Labor Market Transitions
- 7.2 Transitions in the Dual Labor Market Theory
- 7.3 Parameters and Hypotheses
- 7.3.1 Duration of Unemployment
- 7.3.2 Spell in the Last Job
- 7.3.3 Type of Last Job
- 7.3.4 Education
- 7.3.5 Sex
- 7.3.6 Age
- 7.3.7 Position in the Household
- 7.3.8 Per Capita Household Income
- 7.4 Conclusion on the Theoretical Determinants
- 8 Analysis of Inter-Segment-Transitions
- 8.1 Dependent and Explanatory Variables.
- 8.2 The Econometric Modelling
- 8.2.1 Modelling Stepping Stone Transitions in the Literature
- 8.2.2 Survival Data Analysis
- 9 Interpretation of the Results
- 9.1 Transitions of Employed Workers
- 9.2 Transitions From Unemployment
- 9.3 Estimations for Each Occupational Subgroup
- 10 Conclusion
- III Job Search in a Segmented Labor Market
- 11 Introduction
- 11.1 Motivation and Aim of Part III
- 11.2 Search Methods in the Literature
- 11.3 The Data
- 12 Job Search and Labor Market Policies
- 12.1 Search Channels
- 12.2 Labor Market Policies
- 12.2.1 Active Labor Market Policies
- 12.2.2 Passive Labor Market Policies
- 13 Theoretical Aspects
- 13.1 Search Theory - a Basic Model
- 13.2 Extensions of the Model
- 13.2.1 The Choice of Different Search Channels
- 13.2.2 Exit Into Different Labor Market Segments
- 13.3 A Model for Brazil
- 14 Econometric Analysis
- 14.1 A Multinomial Logistic Regression Model
- 14.2 Interpreting Multinomial Logistic Regressions
- 15 Estimation results
- 15.1 Labor History and Search Methods
- 15.1.1 Former Occupational State
- 15.1.2 Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- 15.1.3 Sex, Age, Position in the Household and Per Capita Household Income
- 15.1.4 Education
- 15.2 The Impact of the Choice of Search Methods
- 15.2.1 Search Methods
- 15.2.2 Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- 15.2.3 Personal Characteristics and Duration of Unemployment
- 15.2.4 Education
- 16 Conclusion
- A Description of the Data Used in Part II
- B Description of the Data Used in Part III
- C More Estimation Results for Part III.
