Segmentation in the Brazilian labor market

Fernando Botelho and Vladimir Ponczek

No 231, Textos para discussão from FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil)

Abstract: This paper measures the degree of segmentation in the brazilian labor market. Controlling for observable and unobservable characteristics, workers earn more in the formal sector, which supports the segmentation hypothesis. We break down the degree of segmentation by socio-economic attributes to identify the groups where this phenomenon is more prevalent. We investigate the robustness of our findings to the inclusion of self-employed individuals, and apply a two-stage panel probit model using the self-selection correction strategy to investigate a potential weakness of the fixed-effects estimator

Date: 2007-07-20
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Journal Article: Segmentation in the Brazilian Labor Market (2011)
Working Paper: SEGMENTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN LABOR MARKET (2006)
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