targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil, to investigate the role of credit constraints on SMEs performance … distribution, entry and exit, and employment. By exploiting the fact that firms can only use the available credit with suppliers … formal employment between 6.7% and 10.3%. This increase in employment is driven by the increase in the average size of firms …

This paper aims to evaluate the impact of a tax incentive program targeted to small business (SIMPLES) on employment … account two distinct channels through which the effects may operate. The first is the employment variation in firms that … dimension. Our results points to positive effects on employment growth only for the red tape simplification dimension in the …

occupation by tourism in Brazil. The results for the formal segment for the states of Paraná, Goiás and Pará, are also shown. The … paper ends presenting a summary for formal and informal occupation considering the tourism sector in Brazil as a whole and … the labor market in the tourism sector. These studies are aimed at subsiding public policy elaboration, planning and …

effects on employment level and composition (formal X informal) were identified for both, time series and longitudinal data …. The results show a significant effect of minimum wage on wage distribution. Regarding employment the aggregate effects … points towards a decrease in employment level and also in the formal share of those employed. However the magnitudes are not …

This paper reviews the debate about the impacts of commercial liberalization on labor markets in Brazil. It briefly …