Laws or Luck? Understanding Rising Formality in Brazil in the 2000s

Berg, Janine

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“…The extent of state intervention can also be gauged by its social activism. Berg (2010) notes that minimum wages increased from 266R$ to 510R$ between 2000 and 2010 and according to IlO (2011) total social-sector spending as a percentage of GDP amounted to 26 percent in Brazil in 2008 (it was below 10 percent in India). From a comparative perspective these changes are indeed impressive.…”

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Alternate paths to economic development:a comparative analysis of Brazil and India in the era of neoliberalism

Sirohi

2017

Rev. Econ. Polit.

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This paper compares and contrasts Brazilian and Indian strategies of development during the era of neo-liberalism from a long period perspective. The Brazilian economy has attempted to combine the goals of redistribution and social equity with the goals of growth and productivity. India on the other hand has pursued a growth maximizing approach to development, while paying little or no attention to the larger goals of human well-being. The article seeks to understand the dynamics of economic change in the two economies and attempts to draw out the institutional and political factors that have influenced these approaches.

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Alternate paths to economic development:a comparative analysis of Brazil and India in the era of neoliberalism

Sirohi

2017

Rev. Econ. Polit.

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“…Brazil even during the international crisis of 2008. Several factors have been presented as determinants of the sustained increase in the share of registered workers in Brazil during the 2000s (Berg 2010;ILO 2011;Maurizio 2014). First, the sustained economic growth process allowed for a more foreseeable functioning of the labour market, favouring the growth of long-term contracts, and reducing the expected probability of lay-offs and consequently the probability of employers having to face relatively higher costs when firing a formal worker compared to an informal one.…”

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Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America

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and started work in Helsinki, Finland, in 1985. The mandate of the institute is to undertake applied research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting developing and transitional economies, to provide a forum for the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable, and environmentally sustainable growth, and to promote capacity strengthening and training in the field of economic and social policymaking. Its work is carried out by staff researchers and visiting scholars in Helsinki and via networks of collaborating scholars and institutions around the world. It is permitted to reuse, share and adapt this work, subject to the following terms:Attribution -appropriate credit is given to the original work, the copyright holder and creator, and any changes made to the work are properly indicated.Non-Commercial -the work, or any adaptation of the work, may not be used, distributed or reproduced in any format, by any means, for commercial purposes.Share-Alike -the work, or any adaptation of the work is distributed under the same licence terms as the original, with a URL link provided to the licence.Enquiries concerning use outside the terms of the Creative Commons licence should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the above address or to academic.permissions@oup.com. Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work.Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY ForewordThe motivation behind this piece of research was cemented during a meeting attended by Professor Gary Fields-one of the co-editors of this book-and myself in mid-2013 where we discussed in depth the linkages between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty. Gary has been working on the frontier of our profession on employment and development issues all of his academic career, and he pointed to new inroads and data to be explored within the growth-employment-poverty nexus, focusing on Latin America.At the time of our exploratory discussions the target date for completion of the UN Millennium Development Goals was looming, with the number one goal-to halve between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people living on less than 1 dollar a day-having already been achieved. The new Post-2015 Development Agenda, since adopted, was under intense debate. Leading the charge among the Sustainable Development Goals is the aim to end poverty in all its forms everywhere, followed closely by the SDG to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. Thus the proposed research could not have been more timely for the international agenda. And more so as UNU-WIDER was then launching a new research programme-focusing on the three development challenges of transformation, inclusion, and sustainability-wherein work on the growthemployment-poverty nexus was a straightforward fit....

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“…11 Berg (2010), from the ILO office in Brazil writes that "because of the way the system is structured, the majority of the workers that have been registered have been informal workers working in formal firms. They comprise approximately 2.2 percent of the total number of workers covered by labour inspection activities.…”

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Enforcement of Labor Regulation and Informality

Almeida

Carneiro

2012

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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Laws or Luck? Understanding Rising Formality in Brazil in the 2000s

Cited by 57 publications

References 9 publications

Alternate paths to economic development:a comparative analysis of Brazil and India in the era of neoliberalism

Alternate paths to economic development:a comparative analysis of Brazil and India in the era of neoliberalism

Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America

Enforcement of Labor Regulation and Informality

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