The aim of this work is to analyze the evolution and the composition of the labor costs in the industrial sector in Brazil during the period between 1996 and 2012. The source of data is the Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industries (PIA) issued by the Brazilian Institute of Geography...

The aim of this work is to analyze the evolution and the composition of the labor costs in the industrial sector in Brazil during the period between 1996 and 2012. The source of data is the Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industries (PIA) issued by the Brazilian Institute of Geography...

Between 1984 and 2000 important variations were registered in the relationship of the wages between workers of higher and lower education levels that altered the degree of inequality in the distribution of labor income. Between 1992 and 1998 there was an increase in the above mentioned...