The changing nature of work and inequality in Brazil (2003-19): A descriptive analysis

Sergio Firpo, Alysson Portella, Flavio Riva and Giovanna Úbida

No wp-2021-162, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper we use different sources of data on job task content to investigate the importance of occupations and the intensity of routine tasks embodied in them in explaining changes in employment and earnings in Brazil, in particular their relation with earnings and polarization, and inequality. We show some evidence of polarization in earnings but not with respect to employment, although the patterns resemble more that of pro-poor or pro-rich growth.

Keywords: Brazil; Inequality; Polarization; Task content of jobs; Occupations; Earnings inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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