When labor market economists started to work on segmented labor markets, they classified informal employment as a transitory state. At the end of the 20th century, informal employment still persists governments' attempts to eradicate it and represents a growing labor market segment not only in...

Portuguese Abstract: O trabalho pretende discutir as características e evolução do pessoal ocupado e da remuneração procurando analisar a relação setorial entre os empregos formais e informais, a partir de 1992 até 2001, sob a ótica do modelo Insumo-Produto. Os dados mostram que o setor...

This paper studies the first large scale effort by the Brazilian government to increase the social security compliance of self-employed workers using behavioral interventions. In 2014, the Brazilian Ministry of Social Security gradually delivered by postal mail a booklet reminding nearly 3...