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THREE HYPOTHESES ON THE BRAZILIAN SERVICE SECTOR
Author(s) -
Flöres Renato G.,
Dos Santos Samuel C.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
review of income and wealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1475-4991
pISSN - 0034-6586
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1995.tb00109.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , economics , service (business) , tertiary sector of the economy , liberalization , dual economy , character (mathematics) , labour economics , informal sector , business , economy , economic growth , market economy , geography , archaeology , geometry , mathematics
Three hypotheses on services, the Gershuny effect, the externalisation of producers services and the macroeconomic equation for the services share in employment, are tested with Brazilian data. The first two show trends similar to those in the developed economies, but, in the last one, findings are affected by consideration of the underground economy. The results suggest a dual character for Brazilian services: an informal, labour intensive group of sectors, present in the large metropolitan areas, coexists with a formal, less labour intensive one, where producers' services are probably predominant. These groups will respond differently to a greater trade liberalisation.