This study investigates the effects of changes in firms' performance on wages across occupations from the extractive and transformation sectors of the Brazilian economy, from 2007 to 2013. We rely on a matching panel data of occupations and industries using data from a Brazilian Administrative...

This study investigates the effects of changes in firms' performance on wages across occupations from the extractive and transformation sectors of the Brazilian economy, from 2007 to 2013. We rely on a matching panel data of occupations and industries using data from a Brazilian Administrative...

Spanish Abstract: La apertura de negocios en el extranjero, sea cual fuere la modalidad de penetración de mercados, a través de la creación de subsidiarias, franquicias, licenciamientos o inclusive a través de mecanismos integradores como las alianzas estratégicas, es una medida eficaz para...

Nowadays, in Brazilian parliament, there are several propositions able to enact a legislative regulation to outsourcing. Bill no 4.330/04 is just one of them - probably, the one far ahead in the lawmaking process. Is this the best option for regulating outsourcing? There is a harsh debate about...

Wage employment is essential to a fair participation of workers in economic, social and political fields. This economic relation is based on many (and relevant) labour and social rights. However, in the 1990`s and the beginning of the 2000`s, wage employment lost a bit of its importance in the...

Federal Statute no 13.147, enacted by National Congress in July 13th, 2017, altered extensively the Brazilian Labour Code. Several of the alterations were justified under the need to solve legal certainty issues, that allegedly caused excessive labour litigation. In the same direction, changes...

O presente artigo procura alertar sobre os impactos negativos da inserção ocupacional precoce para o desenvolvimento humano (medido em nível de escolaridade) e produtivo do indivíduo (medido em termos de salário e condição de ocupação). Para tal, utilizaram-se informações colhidas nos...

This text presents a set of empirical evidence to "test" some hypotheses about the impacts of Labor Justice on labor productivity. Hypotheses that this justice would encourage opportunistic and immediatist behaviors of employers and workers. And these behaviors would result in noncompliance with...

Since the 1930s, Labour Justice has played very important roles in resolving labour disputes in Brazil. Nonetheless, the question that arises today is whether that justice can (or even should) continue with those roles - or whether it is possible to conceive some alternatives, which involve...

This text presents a set of empirical evidence to "test" some hypotheses about the impacts of Labor Justice on labor productivity. Hypotheses that this justice would encourage opportunistic and immediatist behaviors of employers and workers. And these behaviors would result in noncompliance with...