Transitions in Segmented Labor Markets : : The Case of Brazil.

• Superior document: Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; v.14
• Author: Woltermann, Silke.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2004.; Ã2005.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- I Informal Employment Revisited Theoretical Concepts and Stylized Facts From Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Concepts -- 2.1 Informal Work in the Labor Theory -- 2.2 Neoclassical Labor Market Theory -- 2.2.1 The Basic Neoclassical Labor Market Model -- 2.2.2 Neoclassical Approaches to Segmentation -- 2.3 Dual Labor Market Theory -- 2.3.1 The Basic Ideas -- 2.3.2 Concepts of Segmentation -- 2.3.3 Unemployment in Segmented Labor Markets -- 2.4&lt -- tab/&gt -- Some Empirical Evidence -- 3 The Brazilian Labor Market -- 3.1 The Brazilian Labor Market in the Last Two Decades -- 3.2 The Institutional Background -- 3.3 Informal Employment and Self-Employment -- 3.4 Wages and Labor-Related Costs -- 3.5 Unemployment -- 3.6 Job Rotation and Labor Market Flexibility -- 3.7 Labor Market Policies -- 3.7.1 Active Labor Market Policies -- 3.7.2 Passive Labor Market Policies -- 4 The Database -- II The Allocative Power of Informality -- 5 Introduction -- 5.1 Motivation and Aim of Part II -- 5.2 Labor Market Stepping Stones in the Literature -- 5.3 The Data -- 6 Education and Transitions in Brazil -- 6.1 Professional Education and Training -- 6.1.1 Basic Education -- 6.1.2 Vocational Training and Professional Education -- 6.2 Labor History and Transitions -- 7 Theoretical Aspects -- 7.1 The Human Capital Approach to Labor Market Transitions -- 7.2 Transitions in the Dual Labor Market Theory -- 7.3 Parameters and Hypotheses -- 7.3.1 Duration of Unemployment -- 7.3.2 Spell in the Last Job -- 7.3.3 Type of Last Job -- 7.3.4 Education -- 7.3.5 Sex -- 7.3.6 Age -- 7.3.7 Position in the Household -- 7.3.8 Per Capita Household Income -- 7.4 Conclusion on the Theoretical Determinants -- 8 Analysis of Inter-Segment-Transitions -- 8.1 Dependent and Explanatory Variables.

8.2 The Econometric Modelling -- 8.2.1 Modelling Stepping Stone Transitions in the Literature -- 8.2.2 Survival Data Analysis -- 9 Interpretation of the Results -- 9.1 Transitions of Employed Workers -- 9.2 Transitions From Unemployment -- 9.3 Estimations for Each Occupational Subgroup -- 10 Conclusion -- III Job Search in a Segmented Labor Market -- 11 Introduction -- 11.1 Motivation and Aim of Part III -- 11.2 Search Methods in the Literature -- 11.3 The Data -- 12 Job Search and Labor Market Policies -- 12.1 Search Channels -- 12.2 Labor Market Policies -- 12.2.1 Active Labor Market Policies -- 12.2.2 Passive Labor Market Policies -- 13 Theoretical Aspects -- 13.1 Search Theory - a Basic Model -- 13.2 Extensions of the Model -- 13.2.1 The Choice of Different Search Channels -- 13.2.2 Exit Into Different Labor Market Segments -- 13.3 A Model for Brazil -- 14 Econometric Analysis -- 14.1 A Multinomial Logistic Regression Model -- 14.2 Interpreting Multinomial Logistic Regressions -- 15 Estimation results -- 15.1 Labor History and Search Methods -- 15.1.1 Former Occupational State -- 15.1.2 Unemployment Insurance Benefits -- 15.1.3 Sex, Age, Position in the Household and Per Capita Household Income -- 15.1.4 Education -- 15.2 The Impact of the Choice of Search Methods -- 15.2.1 Search Methods -- 15.2.2 Unemployment Insurance Benefits -- 15.2.3 Personal Characteristics and Duration of Unemployment -- 15.2.4 Education -- 16 Conclusion -- A Description of the Data Used in Part II -- B Description of the Data Used in Part III -- C More Estimation Results for Part III.