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A multidimensional employment quality index for Brazil, 2002–11
Author(s) -
HUNEEUS Federico,
LANDERRETCHE Oscar,
PUENTES Esteban,
SELMAN Javiera
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2015.00239.x
Subject(s) - formality , index (typography) , earnings , labour economics , social security , economics , unemployment , unemployment rate , wage rate , quality (philosophy) , wage , self employment , job security , entrepreneurship , work (physics) , economic growth , market economy , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , accounting , epistemology , finance , world wide web , computer science , engineering
In countries where informal, insecure jobs are widespread, traditional labour market indicators – such as the unemployment rate, labour force participation rate and wages – are not necessarily the most meaningful. The authors use a multidimensional employment quality index to analyse the Brazilian labour market over the period 2002–11, across three dimensions: earnings, formality (measured by the existence of an employment contract and social security contributions) and job tenure. The results show a significant increase in employment quality overall, especially in the years 2009–11, but with considerable differences between wage employees and self‐employed workers, and between industries.