The main goal of this paper is to analyze the increase of Brazilian formal employment growth rate in the last decade. The evidence suggests that this acceleration is due to a reversal in the trend of the average number of employees per establishment. More detailed investigations show evidence...

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...

The Brazilian state is often viewed as inefficient and captured by economic interest groups and bureaucratic elites, leading to crony capitalism and clientelism. This has hindered the implementation of growth-inducing economic policies and contributed to a decline in productivity and economic...