Trade liberalization, labor reforms and formal-informal employment dynamics

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• 作者：Mariano Bosch ; Edwin Go?i-Pacchioni ; William Maloney
• 关键词：J23 ; J38 ; J63 ; J65 ; O17 ; F16
• 刊名：Labour Economics
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：October, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：19
• 期：5
• 页码：653-667
• 全文大小：677 K

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This paper studies gross worker flows to explain the rise in informality in Brazilian metropolitan labor markets from 1983 to 2002. In particular, we examine the impact of trade and constitutional reforms (that include increased firing costs, tighter restrictions on overtime work, and fewer restrictions on union activity) occurring during the period. We find aggregate sectoral movements to be driven largely by changes in the hiring rates which, in turn are driven largely by the constitutional reforms. Trade liberalization accounts for roughly 1-2.5 % of the increase in informality, while the constitutional reforms account for 30-40 % .