O custo salarial da duração do desemprego para o trabalhador [Salary cost of the length of unemployment for workers]

Paulo Monte, Ignácio Tavares de Araújo Júnior and Márcia de Lima Pereira
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Ignácio Tavares de Araújo Júnior: UFPB
Márcia de Lima Pereira: UFCG

Nova Economia, 2009, vol. 19, issue 3, 443-470

Abstract: This paper analyzes the influence of unemployment on occupational reinsertion, specifically on the wage earned by the workers who transitioned from unemployment to being employed. Using sample data from Monthly Employment Survey (PME, 2000), from Brazil, and quantile regression techniques, this study provides evidence about the relationship between duration of unemployment and wage loss. The results show a heterogeneous chance to remain unemployed, in favor, mainly, of less qualified workers, and, in addition, wage losses are observed when the employed find a new job (occupational reinsertion). Moreover, in general, workers who have more qualification are more penalized, regardless of the quantile conditional wage distribution they are in, indicating a greater loss for employees in jobs that require higher qualification.

Keywords: unemployment; occupational reinsertion; wage; reservation wage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 J30 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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