O TRABALHO EM PEQUENOS MUNICÍPIOS PRAIANOS DO LITORAL DO PARANÁ

Based on two surveys conducted in the state of Parana, Brazil, new assumptions are raised. One of the surveys, conducted in 2011, sought to understand how informal work was organized in municipalities whose main economic activity was on the beach area. The previous research, 2010, which gave rise to the 2011's survey, found that formal employment in municipalities with these characteristics were not significant. Is this dynamic recurring in other municipalities of Brazil? Such research would take years to complete and may never be successful due to the amount of financial resources required. The main census and labor market research institutes in Brazil carry out their research in the large metropolises, using the same methodology, which allows comparisons, justified by the reach of the population involved. In this sense: How can we understand the whole if we study only the metropolises? In the metropolises, the productive dynamics tend to be more intense, making the literature on labor market regulation valid. In small municipalities, where employment is scarce, this theoretical framework serves as assumptions, because its determinants are others. The formal labor market in these municipalities is representative, occurs in the spaces of public services and in trade of goods and services, which are often inexpressive when related to the total population. In this sense, the present study seeks to demonstrate that clipping studies can play a complementary role to macro research, reinforcing or not the assumptions of the macro literature.