Violence against women occurs predominantly in the family and domestic context. The Covid-19 (Sars-COV-2) pandemic led Brazil to recommend and, at times, impose social distance, with a partial closure of economic activities, schools, and restrictions on events and public services. As a result,...

This paper aims to estimate the effects of maternity leave legislation in women’s wages and employment in Brazil. We analyze the impact of an increase in the leave period, which was raised from 12 weeks to 120 days, as prescribed by the Federal Constitution of 1998. According to the...

Violence against women occurs predominantly in the family and domestic context. The Covid-19 (Sars-COV-2) pandemic led Brazil to recommend and, at times, impose social distance, with a partial closure of economic activities, schools, and restrictions on events and public services. As a result,...

Este artigo analisa a discriminação salarial por gênero e raça dentro das densidades das distribuições de salário dos setores de atividade, comparando as regiões Nordeste e Sudeste. Para este objetivo, foram usados os dados da PNAD 2002 e uma metodologia semiparamétrica – estimador de...

This paper aims to estimate the effects of maternity leave legislation in women’s wages and employment in Brazil. We analyze the impact of an increase in the leave period, which was raised from 12 weeks to 120 days, as prescribed by the Federal Constitution of 1998. According to the...

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...

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...

The paradigm of solidarity economy emerged at the end of the twentieth century as a proposal of self-management organization of work and production that involves a set of collective practices in search of new strategies of social inclusion and territorial development. Since then, it has become...