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The changing nature of work and inequality in Brazil (2003-19): A descriptive analysis

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  • Sergio Firpo
  • Alysson Portella
  • Flavio Riva
  • Giovanna Úbida

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In this paper we use different sources of data on job task content to investigate the importance of occupations and the intensity of routine tasks embodied in them in explaining changes in employment and earnings in Brazil, in particular their relation with earnings and polarization, and inequality. We show some evidence of polarization in earnings but not with respect to employment, although the patterns resemble more that of pro-poor or pro-rich growth.

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  • Sergio Firpo & Alysson Portella & Flavio Riva & Giovanna Úbida, 2021. "The changing nature of work and inequality in Brazil (2003-19): A descriptive analysis," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-162, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Martins-Neto, Antonio & Cirera, Xavier & Coad, Alex, 2022. "Routine-biased technological change and employee outcomes after mass layoffs: Evidence from Brazil," MERIT Working Papers 2022-014, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    2. Cirera, Xavier & Martins-Neto, Antonio Soares, 2023. "Do innovative firms pay higher wages? Micro-level evidence from Brazil," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(1).
    3. Sergio Pinheiro Firpo & Alysson Lorenzon Portella, 2024. "The labor market in Brazil, 2001–2022," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 4412-4412, April.
    4. Antonio Martins-Neto & Nanditha Mathew & Pierre Mohnen & Tania Treibich, 2021. "Is There Job Polarization in Developing Economies? A Review and Outlook," CESifo Working Paper Series 9444, CESifo.

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