In this paper we pursue three objectives. First, we compare the wage-distributions in the informal and formal sectors for a group of workers employed in the Brazilian Construction Sector. The empirical regularities we encounter are not, however, specific to this particular group of workers....

This paper investigates if the responsibility of the poverty level registered in Brazil is the poor operation of the labor market, in terms of underremuneration and underutilization of the labor factor. By means of a microsimulation based decomposition of distributional changes we assess the...

Neste trabalho avaliamos a contribuição de duas formas de discriminação (por gênero e cor) e três tipos de segmentação (espacial, setorial e entre os segmentos formal e informal) no mercado de trabalho para a redução do grau de desigualdade em remuneração do trabalho e em renda per...