 Employment and Wages in Industry: The Case of BrazilMaria Conceicao Tavares and Paulo Renato Souza Chapter 11 in Human Resources, Employment and Development, 1983, pp 195-210 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Latin American economic and social thought in the 1960s was characterised by a profoundly pessimistic view of the manufacturing sector’s ability to generate employment. These discussions gave rise to arguments about marginality (Nun, 1969; Cardoso, 1971; Nun, 1971) and the links between income distribution, employment and technology. (CEPAL, 1966; Pinto, 1965, 1970; Vuskovic, 1970; Tavares and Serra, 1971). Emphasis was usually placed on the low rate of labour absorption in the modern activities and services, with the resultant tendency toward ‘spurious’ employment growth (Prebisch, 1970) both in the public sector and in marginal activities, especially services. This particular employment behaviour was blamed for the expansion of the poverty-stricken sector of Latin America’s urban centres. Conversely, it was assumed that those who entered modern activities would enjoy living standards that would almost certainly be out of the reach of those employed in the marginal or informal sectors. Keywords: Minimum Wage; Income Distribution; Wage Rate; Real Wage; Informal Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-17214-6_11 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17214-6_11 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan |
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