Unemployment insurance, job mobility and formalization: an analysis of the Brazilian case

Danilo P. Souza ()

No 2017_24, Working Papers, Department of Economics from University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

Abstract: In order to assess the recent rise in the fiscal expenses due to unemployment insurance (UI) in Brazil, we build a simple matching model that takes into account the growing formalization rate, job mobility and other institutional characteristics of the country’s labor market. Our results indicate that around 77% of the positive variation in the UI expenses is due to an increase in the formalization rate, while 22% is due to a rise in the job mobility between 2000-2014.

Keywords: labor market; job mobility; informality; unemployment insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J46 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10-30
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