THE EVOLUTION OF FORMAL EMPLOYMENT WAGES IN BRAZIL (2003-2013)

Authors

  • Guilherme Caldas de Souza Campos

Abstract

With the recovery of economic growth in Brazil in the 2000s, the labor market recovered the impulse of growth lost in the 1990s. Between 2003 and 2013, this recovery was marked by growth of formal employment and their wages, so that the level is increased and wage inequality in formal employment decreased. Using data from the Annual Social Information (RAIS) of the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE), this article analyzes the evolution of wages that occurred with the strong growth of formal employment that occurred in Brazil. Thus, a classification of occupational categories by average level of wages shows that wage's purchasing power increases were greater as lower were the salary level of occupational categories, suggesting the importance of the minimum wage appreciation policy. The separation of the sub-periods 2003-2007 and 2007-2013, in turn, shows the importance of continuity of the employment growth with low inflation to the increase in wage purchasing power, indicating the relevance of professional categories readjustments for elevation of its level with reduction of the relative dispersion of wages in formal employment.

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Published

2016-03-01

How to Cite

Campos, G. C. de S. (2016). THE EVOLUTION OF FORMAL EMPLOYMENT WAGES IN BRAZIL (2003-2013). Revista Da ABET, 14(2). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs2/index.php/abet/article/view/27951