 Electronic monitoring of working time and labour market outcomes: Evidence from BrazilÍsis F. Lira, Laura de Carvalho Schiavon and Ricardo da Silva Freguglia Industrial Relations Journal, 2024, vol. 55, issue 3, 205-221 Abstract: This study analyses the dynamics of registered firms after implementing a new law (2009) in the Brazilian labour market. The law proposed the electronic monitoring of working time to provide more efficiency and security by standardizing the equipment used for control and avoiding manipulation. As stricter monitoring may increase costs, this paper seeks to analyse whether there have been changes in the dynamics of firms adapting to the new regulation. There are two potential mechanisms as a reference: increasing wages and decreasing workers (or contracted hours), and increasing labour force and decreasing contracted hours per worker (and therefore the monthly wage). Using Brazilian employee–employer data and the difference‐in‐differences approach as an empirical strategy, our main findings suggest that firms that adapt to the new electronic workday control had a general reduction in the number of hours hired, an increase in wages for companies with 10–50 employees and a decrease in workplace accidents in firms with 50 or more employees. Date: 2024 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:indrel:v:55:y:2024:i:3:p:205-221 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Industrial Relations Journal is currently edited by Peter Nolan More articles in Industrial Relations Journal from Wiley Blackwell |
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