Any discussion on professional training and labor market insertion must take into account the social vulnerability of the Brazilian population. Close to 16 million families fall within the criteria of Bolsa Familia`s Single Registry. Seventy-two (72) million people live in these families, but...

The opportunities in the labor market and formation of human capital (education) affect the implicit costs of engaging in illegal activities. In this article we empirically investigate the effect that the unemployment rate, which real income in the labor market and which school atandence rate...

This study explores three issues related to the job market in the Brazilian information and communication technologies (ICT) industry, considering both industrial and service segments. First of all, evolution of job structure in the sector is evaluated since 1998. Second, the intensity of...

We investigate if the labor market stigmatizes fired workers, by comparing their trajectories with individuals who lost their jobs after the establishments they used to work closed down. Using RAIS data for formal workers, we find that being fired significantly reduces the chances of finding a...

The functioning of the labor market can be represented by worker flows, and the fluctuation of these flows determines the fluctuation of unemployment. The literature measures the importance of a flow such as the proportion of the variance of long-term or stationary unemployment that is explained...

This paper aims to investigate earnings losses of workers who become unemployed in Brazil, comparing the results for different stages of the business cycle. Estimates using longitudinal data from the continuous PNAD for the period between 2012 and 2017 show that workers who transited from...

This work focuses on the public policy of solidary economy in the federal government, which began to be implemented in 2003 with the creation of the Senaes, inserted at the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The main objective is to analyze the mechanisms by which the theme of solidary economy...

Portuguese Abstract: O governo brasileiro oferece anualmente mais de um milhão de vagas em universidades públicas e gratuitas. Entretanto, a educação superior no Brasil é altamente progressiva. Neste artigo estudamos como a cobrança pela educação pública de alunos com elevada renda...

This study aimed to analyze the scientific production on the relationship between state (public policies), school feeding and family agriculture in Brazil, before and after Law n. 11,947/2009, which reformulated the regulatory framework of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). The...