Job Creation and Spatial Reallocation in the Brazilian Labor Market
Author: Lauro Ramos
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Published: 2005
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of this paper is to investigate the spatial distribution of the jobs created in Brazil between 1992 and 2002, based on the information provided by the PNAD - a national household survey carried out on a yearly basis. In addition to total employment, spatial changes related to specific groups, defined either by economic segments or individuals' attributes, as well as those associated with unemployed workers, are also examined. The results reveal that, on the one hand, overall aggregates (e.g.: total employment or unemployment) did not experience any significant spatial changes in the period, but that, on the other hand, some specific clusters (e.g.: industrial and formal employment and unemployment among household heads) went through substantial spatial reallocation. An important implication of such findings is that the indicators taken from the monthly household surveys, such as the PME - which covers six metropolitan areas, may provide accurate readings of trends in total employment, as well as in unemployment rates, at the national level. Although this is a very useful trait, one must keep in mind that the same conclusion does not hold true when it comes to modifications at a more disaggregated level, such as changes in the composition of employment and/or unemployment according to economic segments or workers' attributes.