In this essay we investigate the increase of informality in the Brazilian metropolitan labor markets throughout the nineties, making use of the monthly data made available by PME/IBGE. We try to understand the connection between such increase and the changes in employment by sector of activity,...

The paper presents the main results produced by the People's Security Surveys applied in Argentina, Brazil and Chile in 2001. A comparative analysis across countries is developed, trying to point out the similarities and contrasts among behavioral patterns according to the notions of...