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Brazil : Jobs Report, Volume 2. Background Papers

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-22T19:40:50Z
dc.date.available2013-08-22T19:40:50Z
dc.date.issued2002-12-20
dc.description.abstractThis report, conducted jointly by researchers in Brazil and at the World Bank, aims to address the debate on how the Brazilian labor market functions. It does so not by focusing on labor market functioning but on its outcomes. What is central are labor market outcomes, such as adequate employment growth so that job-seekers can find gainful employment, acceptable worker productivity levels that are fairly compensated, and reasonable income security for workers and their households. This report is structured as follows: Chapter 1 argues that labor laws have begun to show signs of obsolescence. Chapter 2 shows this is reflected in deteriorating outcomes. Key indicators--employment growth, labor force participation, unemployment rates, and income security--all point to worsening labor market functioning since the mid-1990s. The report then examines how changed macroeconomic circumstances call for changes in labor market institutions, regulations, and interventions. Using a characterization of the economy in which informality has a central role, Chapter 3 illustrates the correspondence between the three main macroeconomic phenomena of the 1990s--greater openness, stabilization, and fiscal adjustment--and Brazil's labor market priorities. Chapter 4 concludes that the labor market has signaled the shortage of educated workers since the 1990s, and the onus is now on the education and training systems to respond. Analysis of how Brazil's labor market functions in Chapter 5 points to evidence that indicates that Brazil's poorer workers and smaller firms are especially disadvantaged by how the labor market functions. The report identifies three sets of priorities for reform: changes in mandated non-wage benefits and minimum wage setting to price labor correctly and encourage empoloyment growth (Chapter 6), changes in severance legislation and functioning of labor courts to better align incentives and increase productivity (Chapter 7), and improvements in interventions to increase income security for all workers (Chapter 8). Chapter 9 summarizes and highlights the main policy implications. Volume 2 contains in-depth examination of the issues of interest in Brazil and the relevant international experience, on which Chapters 1 through 8 of the first volume are based.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2329588/brazil-jobs-report-vol-2-2-background-papers
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/15291
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15291
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT ROLE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectMARKET REFORMS
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectINCOME SECURITY
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectLABOR POLICY
dc.subjectLABOR TURNOVER
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGES
dc.subjectINCENTIVES
dc.subjectSEVERANCE PAYMENTS
dc.subjectLABOR COURTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL APPROACH
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectCURRENCY UNIT
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMISTS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTORS
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR LAWS
dc.subjectLABOR LEGISLATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectMARKET DISTORTIONS
dc.subjectMARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE REGULATION
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGES
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectPOLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY MESSAGES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPROTECTION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectREAL WAGES
dc.subjectRECOMMENDATIONS
dc.subjectRIGID
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSELF EMPLOYED
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.titleBrazil : Jobs Report, Volume 2. Background Papersen
dc.title.alternativeBrazil - Empregos no Brasil - Sessao informativa sobre politicaen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T08:38:46.220108Z
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2329588/brazil-jobs-report-vol-2-2-background-papers
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_0305140404041
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2329588
okr.identifier.report24408
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice :: Central government administration
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice :: Compulsory pension and unemployment insurance
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Other social services
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Standards
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicEnvironment
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
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