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
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• 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.