The determinants of rising informality in Brazil : Evidence from gross worker flows (English)

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...

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Bosch Mossi,Mariano;

Goni Pacchioni,Edwin;

Maloney,William F.;
Document Date
2007/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4375
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The determinants of rising informality in Brazil : Evidence from gross worker flows
Keywords
formal sector

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Bosch Mossi,Mariano; Goni Pacchioni,Edwin; Maloney,William F..

The determinants of rising informality in Brazil : Evidence from gross worker flows (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4375 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291341468021241957

The determinants of rising informality in Brazil : Evidence from gross worker flows (English)

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