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Pessoal Ocupado e Jornada de Trabalho: uma releitura da evolução da Produtividade no Brasil

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  • Barbosa Filho, Fernando de Holanda
  • Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu

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Esse artigo faz uma releitura da evolução da produtividade nas últimas três décadas no Brasil e apresenta uma análise distinta da usualmente reportada na literatura. Em particular, mostramos que parte importante da perda da produtividade do trabalho ocorrida entre os anos de 1982 e 1992 pode ser explicada pela redução da jornada de trabalho média da economia brasileira. Nesse período, a produtividade por trabalhador caiu (-0,6%) enquanto que a produtividade por hora do trabalho ficou estagnada (+0,1%) devido a redução da jornada de trabalho (-0,7%). Com base nos dados de 1982 a 2011 da PNAD, do IBGE, construímos uma série anual de horas trabalhadas para a economia brasileira ajustada pelas modificações metodológicas da PNAD e, em seguida, utilizamos a PME para construir uma serie em frequência mensal que leva em conta os ciclos econômicos, permitindo uma análise mais precisa da evolução da produtividade do trabalho e da produtividade total de fatores (PTF) no período. Nossos resultados indicam que, no período 1982-2011, tanto a produtividade do trabalho (32,3%) quanto a PTF (14,5%) apresentaram uma elevação superior à sugerida por boa parte da literatura sobre o tema.

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  • Barbosa Filho, Fernando de Holanda & Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu, 2014. "Pessoal Ocupado e Jornada de Trabalho: uma releitura da evolução da Produtividade no Brasil," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 68(2), June.
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:epgrbe:v:68:y:2014:i:2:a:12348
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