Brazil : Jobs Report, Volume 2. Background Papers
This 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 l...
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GOVERNMENT ROLE LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARKET REFORMS JOB CREATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES INCOME SECURITY LABOR DEMAND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY LABOR POLICY LABOR TURNOVER MINIMUM WAGES INCENTIVES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS LABOR COURTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS INFORMAL SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONCEPTUAL APPROACH CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CURRENCY UNIT DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSURANCE LABOR DEMAND LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET INSTITUTIONS MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE REGULATION MINIMUM WAGES POLICY POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MESSAGES POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTION PROGRAMS PUBLIC GOODS REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS RIGID SAFETY NET SELF EMPLOYED SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WAGES |
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GOVERNMENT ROLE LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARKET REFORMS JOB CREATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES INCOME SECURITY LABOR DEMAND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY LABOR POLICY LABOR TURNOVER MINIMUM WAGES INCENTIVES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS LABOR COURTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS INFORMAL SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONCEPTUAL APPROACH CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CURRENCY UNIT DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSURANCE LABOR DEMAND LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET INSTITUTIONS MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE REGULATION MINIMUM WAGES POLICY POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MESSAGES POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTION PROGRAMS PUBLIC GOODS REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS RIGID SAFETY NET SELF EMPLOYED SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WAGES World Bank Brazil : Jobs Report, Volume 2. Background Papers |
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This 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. |
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okr-10986-152912021-04-23T14:03:15Z Brazil : Jobs Report, Volume 2. Background Papers World Bank GOVERNMENT ROLE LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARKET REFORMS JOB CREATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES INCOME SECURITY LABOR DEMAND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY LABOR POLICY LABOR TURNOVER MINIMUM WAGES INCENTIVES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS LABOR COURTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS INFORMAL SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONCEPTUAL APPROACH CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CURRENCY UNIT DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTORS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSURANCE LABOR DEMAND LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET INSTITUTIONS MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE REGULATION MINIMUM WAGES POLICY POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MESSAGES POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTION PROGRAMS PUBLIC GOODS REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS RIGID SAFETY NET SELF EMPLOYED SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WAGES This 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. 2013-08-22T19:40:50Z 2013-08-22T19:40:50Z 2002-12-20 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2329588/brazil-jobs-report-vol-2-2-background-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15291 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |